Grey, is well qualified for the post.
3. The second paragraph of your letter alludes to matters which, although they are in the main correctly stated, are yet capable of being supplemented with further information and explanation that might tend somewhat to moderate the conclusions that have naturally been drawn.
Therefore, I shall be excused if I go rather fully into the matter therein alluded to.
4. It is an undoubted circumstance that from the 6th April 1884 to the 30 June 1885, Mr. Creagh did not discharge the duties of Deputy Superintendent of Police. This arose from the fact that the Government required his services in other ways until the time came when he was entitled to and was allowed leave of absence. But during this period the office of Deputy Superintendent was filled at various times by Messrs. McEwen, Wodehouse, and Fraser. The fact of an office being filled by an acting officer in no way interferes with the necessity or with the importance of that office, and is a circumstance...
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