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obstruction which I can conceive having existed in W. Gibbons
as
fancy
In
O
letter dated 13th
May he addresses It's Excellency
the Governor and points out the necessity for passing
Ordinance to remove
step without the permission of
the head
of department, and because he thought he saw in it another proof of
determination to act
Mr. Gibbons
on his own
authority and to be independent
the Surges.
an
of
Huffam.
This he did having
been informed by Sir J. Imale that his predecessor Mr Plunket had under the directions
of
the
thief Justice prepared a petition
for that very purpose.
Six I. Imale was
annoyed
because he considered it irregular
for the Registrar
to take such a
ake's
With regard to My a keré
bankrupter
el
I had prepared
statement
of
a minute
what took place
between Sir I. Imale and the
Registrar
about details almost.
incomprehensible to persons who
were
not present; but the
correspondence with which I have since been furnished
seems