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me in
in
my office that he had simply as a matter of courtesy asked permission to prosecute the Proprietor of the Hongkong Telegraph; and, 2: with having libelled the Government in signing the address presented to Mr. Keswick on the eve of his departure from the Colony. Knowing too, as Your Excellency said I did, the personal relations existing between yourself and W. Keswick, I have the honour, after due consideration, to
attached to the proceedings of the Executive Council
I have to.
(signed) Frederick Stewart
Acting Colonial Secretary
Minute of the Governor on the above
request that Your Excellency
Excellency will be
good enough to relieve me of my
duties at the Secretariat, and to make
the charges
have
an
that I may
in such a way opportunity of receiving them
without violating the secrecy that
attaches
Before receiving
this letter & had
already got today a note from Dr. Stewart" enclosing a copy of what he wished to have recorded as his statement in the Executive Council yesterday about Captain Thomsett's application