30 FY.
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Supreme Court,
Hongkong,
October 9, 1903.
175
De Bonourable
Sir,
In reply to your letter 8076/03/0.5.0. of the 8th instant,
I have the honour to inform you that I regret that His Excellency
the Governor should take exception to my letters of the 23th
ultimo, and 6th and 7th instant, with reference to the manner in
which I have mentioned the Report of the Commission. I had no
whatever
desire to say more than I felt bound to do in protecting myself
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against the various charges that appear therein against me and so
strongly exoressed against ay position in the imporatnt offices 1:
hold, and if His Excellency the Governor considers there is more
than I am entitled to say, I am stating exactly how I naturally
feel in the matter,
2. I also regret the course orooosed to be followed with
regard to the transmission to the Secretary of State of the
Report of the Commission, before my reply has been receivel. This
is irregular and one-sided, and I feel sure that Bis Excellency
will see that right and justice is done, and that I have every
opportunity of placing the facts in reply to the various findings
of the Commissioners under evidence which I am thoroughly
answering seciatin, so pechaps His Excellency will understand
what an amount of work I have in hand,
3. His Excellency the Governor does not seem to realise that
the Commission was wrongly and illegally conducted: although not
purporting to be so, it was directed against me personally, and
I was allowed no opportunity of speaking, my mouth was closed,
and also made to answer questions, I was pinned down to"yes or no
and now another effort is evidently being made to force me to
leave the Island and not to allow me time to fully prepace my
defence.
The Colonial Secretary.