His Excellency the Governor to frame this charge against me,
which it was not ultra vires
for him to frame and which, if
his present contention were true, he would certainly have framed against me without
delay, that I deliberately and
officially
stated in writing
that
in making those statements to Mr. Johnson I was acting throughout under the Governor's instructions. Nevertheless, as
from the letter of the
will be seen
Acting Colonial Secretary of 19th December 1881, all His Excellency
had to say in
challenge
in reply
to this
was that there were
"some inaccuracies
in my letter
of 17th December 1881. I beg most respectfully to submit
that this clearly shows that up
to 19th December 1881 His Excellency was not of opinion that, in making those statements to Mr. Johnson or others, I had been acting without, or
contrary to, his positive
instructions, for the deliberate statement to the
contrary, officially made by
my
letter of 17th December,
could not possibly
have been
referred to as an "inaccuracy".
9. Again, I respectfully
solicit Your Lordship's consideration
of the following facts
exhibited