be accompanied by arguments in
support of his views which I should
have no opportunity of controverting
before they reached Your Excellency,
and that it is but fair to me that
Your Excellency
should consider
my
statement, as
Your Excellency considers
his, apart, in the first instance, from
adverse comments.
Should Your
Excellency desire
any
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experts appointed by Your Excellency
for the express purpose, inter alia,
of deciding in what respect, if any,
I was to blame,
I should be allowed
to be present, and to defend myself.
I have the honour to be
Your Excellency's
obedient Servant
(Signed) M. Ly. Mitchell-Innes.
Colonial Treasurer.
further explanation, I shall always
be in readiness to attend, and I beg
that in the event of any charges being
formulated against
me
by the Colonial
Secretary other than those contained
in the report of the
Commission
of experts