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had heard of this for the first time and thought it was the Acting Colonial Secretary's duty if he felt it necessary to make such a suggestion to have reported the fact to the Governor who was considering the whole question at the time. Making such a suggestion to Captain Thomsett and saying nothing to the Governor on the subject was not very satisfactory to the Government.
Dr. Stewart observed that he had acted with the best motives and did not think it of sufficient importance to report what had passed and that he had always avoided doing anything whatever that could be considered unsatisfactory to the Government.
The Governor said that as Dr. Stewart had now made that general remark at the Council table he would mention that a few weeks ago he had had a conversation with the Attorney General respecting a public address to W. Keswick that the Acting Colonial Secretary had signed which there was a reflection on the Colony Government - a repetition in effect, of what had been often charged by two of the local newspapers against it.