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and he is fully before Your Lordship for to the end of 1892, exercising a proper supervision over his department, signing all receipts himself; and this being so, I did not consider that there was such risk of further misappropriations as to necessitate his interdiction.
From duty during the time that must elapse before the hearing of his case, was the next place I had to consider whether it was my duty under Colonial Regulations with a view to his suspension from Office. On that point I decided that it was not, but that it would be sufficient to lay the case before you for your decisions to be taken.
18. My views at this stage are as follows:- On the one hand it is unfortunately beyond question that up to the time of the discovery of the defalcations, he neglected to take ordinary precautions for the safeguarding of public money that reached his office. The result of his neglect has been that a large amount of public money has been misappropriated. On the other hand it should be remembered that...