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Colonial Secretary; but he would, (as I am informed), decline, for personal reasons, to act as Governor. The Attorney General could not, of course, be required to abandon the peculiar and very important duties of his post, and his valuable private practice at the Bar, for the place of Acting Colonial Secretary; nor could the Treasurer, or Surveyor-General, (even if they were willing), be removed from the control of their respective Departments, without grave injury to the public service, and disastrous interruption of the sanitary, and other public Works. Thus the office of Acting Colonial Secretary, and, consequently, (under the present system), of Acting Governor, may very probably, devolve once more on the Superintendent of the Gaol, or on the Superintendent of Police.
In conclusion;- on the grounds stated in this despatch, and in my previous despatches, nos. 62 and 82 on the same subject, and on other grounds which will be easily understood by all persons practically acquainted with this community,