CO129-012 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [5-7] — Page 283

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which is to recognized

convey

us a

them, will not be

proper

Course

of

communication and must not be repeated.

The sub-enclosures in No.

85

Martin's letter, ( which has no date of the mouth, and being sent from the ship is headie "Colonial cheasury") have already been forwarded with my previous correspondence (Not B3 8.73) in relation to that gentleman, and Your Lordship may therefore not wish them to be repeated in the duplicates of this despatch, as they would in fact constitute quadruplicate copies.

Your

on the

Ineed not occupy Lordship's time by dwelling inclosed letter of Mr Martin, as it - merely repears his previous statements as to the necessity of retaining Chusant His afsertion as to having pecently

ascertained

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ascertained that Governor Davis is proposing for Your Lordship's sanction a further Expenditure of half a million of dollars, disproved by a simple peference to my despatch N 79 of 14th June, where the following is the total amount propose - " Schedule!

Schedule 2

Scould not

£31,312

30.937

S. 62.249

grant In Martin

ar

leave of absence without incurring uncalled for degree of pesponsibility, he had been only a year

in the Colony,

Enjoyed such health as precluded the possibility of obtaining a medical- certificate, and had been appointed by Your Lordship to an

office mooling pecuniary liabilities. He has had leave of absence by far than other member of the Colony, not one

more

any

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