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to me in due course.
Should it be decided that the
Governor has no power to enlist or commission aliens and
that no steps are to be taken to give him such power, the
question of those foreign subjects already in the Corps
will be one of some difficulty, for, apart from the
possibility of giving offence to the Portuguese community,
the simultaneous removal from the Corps of one hundred
and twenty-one members would be most inconvenient.
Гамш
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I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
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Governor, &c.
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