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quiry in the future, it cannot hope to accomplish much in the present.
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I foresee that I may be held responsible for the failure of the appointment of a Retrenchment Committee, and as it may be necessary for me to address the Secretary of State on the subject, I desire you to inform the Governor that I may have to ask His Excellency's permission to publish your notes of 28th and 29th ultimo, and my replies, if it should become desirable, which I feel sure His Excellency will not refuse.
Captain J.T. Sterling, A.D.C. Government House.
I remain &c.,
(Signed) T. H. Whitehead.