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Emigration, rather hampered by the Imperial Act and the treaty Ordinances, but such an action won't be infusions injurious to the Public Service and be of no real benefit to Captain Thomsett. His Excellency was therefore disposed in the interests of the Public Service and of Captain Thomsett himself not to permit him to bring the action he applied for, but he would not make up his mind on the subject until he has the benefit of hearing what the Members of Council would advise.
Deliberation ensued when the Attorney General and the Acting Colonial Secretary said they could not recommend the Governor to refuse Captain Thomsett's permission to bring his action for libel; but the Officer commanding the Troops thought it clear that the Harbour Master wanted to try something else, and concurring with the Governor's view of the matter he advised that Captain Thomsett should be told that the proper course for him to adopt with reference to the special case reasoned in his letter, was to lay the facts before the Executive, just as in the Army such a statement would be dealt with.