the Unofficial
Encountered both from Members of Council and the Chamber
of Commerce, at whose request a postponement of the second reading
of the Bill was granted
as reported
my dispatch No. 108 of
the
I lost no time in
Communicating with the British
hoping that an
Minister at P
settlement of the matter
Early might
be effected before my
departure, but it seems unlikely
that any settlement can be
arrived at for considerable time. I have therefore after consulting
the
the Executive Council decided
that there is no
necessity for my remaining any longer
at Post
my health has been
indifferent for some months past, I have been strongly
recommended to leave before the hot weather sets in.
It would be ungrateful on
my part were I not to acknowledge before handing
over the Government,
the cordial support which I have at all times
received from Major-General Cameron and the other Members of