CO129-012 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [5-7] — Page 217

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4.

As

I would be enabled then by viva

my

ouv

voree

views..

to substantiate

I must allow the Major

General to

by

A

antiver

this himself,

note just received from

hime _" Mr Martin must be

quite mad, or

know that I am

"I think

something Know

work...

me

well

you_

" enough to

" to yourself

"incapable of any

indirect

"proceeding, and least of all

His assertion

" meets only my contempt -

will send this

"I hope you " to Lord Stanley.

Mr Martin has

altogether

as

misunderstood his position, I have endeavoured to show hime my reply to his Letter

in

enclosed

enclosed herewith . _ A steady

to his

DJw

Duties

212 adherence

as Treasurer

would have prevented that

restlessness which has kept hime

moving perpetually between this

and

on

one

or other

the

points

other

the Coast, with

result

than

of arrears

ho

the accumulation

in..

his

work, and the

creation of sush

crude theories

these scampering. visits of

could afford

A

I have before observed t

few days

Your Lordship,

comparison Подконд

that a

between Chusan and Hongkong

is

mere

-loss of time, unless the

former plase were still at

our-

option.

Mr Martin has not

yet explained how it

be retained

could

without a

breach

of

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