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Lordship will naturally be surprised to find that when this despatch was submitted for your signature, you were not informed that the Governor's despatch Me 164, forwarding copies of the Ordinance itself, together with the Attorney General'é Report in
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the reasons
explanation of the
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for the
reported legislation," had already
bren for four days in the Colonial Department.
5.
- useful purpose to speculate
It would serve no
the probable
Cause
of this proseeding
on-
on the part of the Colonial Office. It has been surmised here that it be a mistake arising
may
the notorious habit of
Done
out of
gentlemen of the permanent Department, viz. of frequently taking action on unverified Aumours
published in obseure local
newspapers;
and of
at the same
time, ignoring the statute law of : the Colony (as the Attorney-General - pointed out on a
former occasion),
together with other official instruments and documents, emanating from
responsible