CO129-006 - Sir John Davis - 1844 — Page 399

teals of your office, together with stamps, stationery & and other furniture allowed

to you

its duties,

You have been sufficiently apprisid by the letters addressed to "direction of His Excellency of the grounds

you by the which this step has been taken. After the Establishment had been enorcated according to what you yourself fixed as requisite to carry His Excellency hoped that its inefficiency would have ceased with what you alleged as its cause. The reverse of this has been the case, and His Excellency has felt himself obliged to adopt this steps, without awaiting the result of the reference already made to the home Authorities in consequence among many other complaints, of the cases, the particulars of which appear in the letters forwarded

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to you from Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Mr Carter, and Mr Strachan . Your answer to the first

to the first admits the gross

negligence of which the Admiral complained. as so detrimental to the public

Service, and as to the doubt

you attempt to cast upon the charge of closing your

Jay,

-Office before the proper hour arrived, His " Excellency direct me to

that he sees nothing to warrant you in expressing it and His Excellency is not surprised at the inefficient.

manner in which the

your

businght of your office is conducted after the irregular practices which

duties leads you ignorance of your bring forward in your reply, in proef of

your

to

desire to accommodate individuals.

To Mr Carter's letter no reply has been received,

nor to the

pesh

instance

of improper charges of which he thachan

Complains