or other of them.
My refusal to act need not stop the enquiry. It
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His Excellency thinks it right that it should proceed, without reference to the Secretary of State, but I am sure His
Excellency will admit that I am at least consistent, and
that entertaining the opinions I do, I cannot be expected
to accept the nomination, however anxious I am to support
him in his desire for retrenchment.
I have &c.
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Captain J. T. Sterling, A. D. C.
Government House.
(Signed) T. H. Whitehead.