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the latter suggestion, the~ proposed arrangement would too hardly on the Regis- press trar-General, and in
any.
case
it would not be possible to
give effect to it until new Government offices
are built,
not be for
which
may
time to come.
some
I request_
therefore that this matter
may
· await a more.
suitable
opportunity for consideration.
5.
In conclusion Ia
beg to inform Your Lordship
that
that I have learned with much regret of Sir George OBrien's retirement from
the service, and more es-
since it has been
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pecially occasioned by the state of his health, and I desire to place
on record
my high appresia. tion of the valuable assist- ance which, as Colonial
Lecretary, he rendered to-
me in the administration of the Government of this Colony.
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