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General
on that letter.
has been
This report approved by His Excellency,
and I ave directed to state
that His Excellency regrets,
1st That instead of
accepting and acting
on the advice contained in
the opinion of the acting Attorney General, dated the
19th April, you
have thought
it necessary to enquire,
by your letter
of the 22nd instant,
whether
you should proceed
in the manner laid down
in that opinion.
2nd That in your
letter under acknowledgement you should have considered that
by forwarding the opinions for your guidance and
information
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information, there had been unconstitutional interference
with your discretionary powers and that you thought
it necessary to read in Court the correspondence respecting this matter.
His Excellency considers that the first paragraph
of that letter is a reflection
on the action of Government,
which nothing justified you
in making:
and, with regard to the second point, His
Excellency is of opinion
that you should have conformed
with the instructions given to you
without publishing or quoting the correspondence.
and I have accordingly to convey to you His Excellency's disapproval of
the action
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