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constitution of the Committee consisting of the Honourable Mr Chater, yourself, and Mr. May, with the Chief Justice as Chairman; you have therefore finally declined to serve on the Committee.
A perusal of the narrative contained in the foregoing letter will, I venture to think, satisfy Your Lordship that not only was I most anxious to give effect to Your Lordship's instruction with the least avoidable delay, but also that I made every endeavour possible, compatibly with the terms of that instruction, to meet Mr. Whitehead's wishes regarding the constitution of the Retrenchment Committee. I have now the honour to solicit Your Lordship's further instructions. The difficulty is this. As I have