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and by les Amishing before the 236

and that by His Majesty's

King

command

CA request had been addressed to the acting Colonial Secretary " to make

ver to

answet "the communication and to purit

" the correspondance to terminate at its present stage.

29.

I cannot regard Eitel's quasi apologetic expressions, conveyed

to mi virbally and in cidentally, as affording adequate reparation for the offensive language which he publicly

addressed to me,

while I was acting in my official capacity as Consul General for Hawaii, "Thibet",

on board the steamer

I relieve His Excellency the Governor from grave responsibility for the occurrence, considering that, by my communication of the 13th April, addressed to the acting Colonial Secretary, I gave

His Excellency plain

opportunity to ex- or disavow the action of his Private Secretary, which he has hitherto failed to do.

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