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Asylum with Delirium Tremens and who I believe did not even get

an increment stopped. (4) Mr. Hunter the late Bacteriologist who

for years was never known to be sober and who eventually died

from Delirium Tremens, (5) Dr. Pearse the edival Officer of

Health in my Department who is known throughout the Colony to be

an exceedingly heavy drinker who continually slept in his office

during office hours nothing was said or done in his case

although the Head of the Department must have known of it.

I could continue the list but think this will suffice to prove

my case. I shall be glad if the Honourable Colonial Secretary

will forward to you all the statements made by the Witnesses I

called at the Executive Council on the 29th November namely

the Honourable Mr. Fletcher acting Colonial Secretary, r

house Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. E. Hamilton, Cadet

and Lieutenant Commander Gaimes in charge of Submarines on the China Station, together with a copy of the Evidence taken by the

Committee of the Executive Council with their Report thereon,

On the day I received my suspension the 21st December I went to the office as usual. At 11 o'clock the letter containing my suspension came down from the Colonial Secretary's Office. The Head of my Department was out but returned at 12 noon. I sent the letter in to him at once and as I was naturally anxious to get it, I wrote on the envelope asking him to let me have it as soon as possible he took no notice of my request but left the

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office with the letter and did not return to the office until

2.30 p.m. I having been kept in the office for houre unfortun- ately lost my temper and wrote in to him to let me have the letter otherwise I would report the matter to the Colonial Secretary. On receipt of this he came in and was rude and I told

he him what I thought of his conduct, he informed me that would

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