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Government and of the Colonial Government,
and there can be no question of going
back on it. What we are now
concerned with is ensuring that the
legal abolition is made as effective
as possible in practice. In these
circumstances I should be very
reluctant to publish your despatch
representing your
your last word in the present
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correspondence about its alleged
recrudescence, although I hope to
publish it eventually. I am
telegraphing officially for a further
on
report on certain questions which
seem to require elucidation, but I
persual
have felt this present explanation
of my
view
desirable so that your reply to
questions
those enquiries may be as helpful
as possible the pursuance of
the established policy
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