CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 201

2.

fredom from sett, the question

never mooted; and that

two separate persons,

Ars

hân not

to quits forward with

bearing of hit going the foling,

come

claims against him, it

would

never

have been

notices.

have

I thould indeed rather

as

matters

"out of way", gove Governor, in suppressing. this officially oblinses on me, consirving the standing infunations in the Colonial Regulations, that Governors should make confidential reports to Hate

т

the Secretary of

Candidates for

Government Services;

as well

in a

as the following passage Circular from the Colonial Office

197

assential

to all Governors _ " It is to the Queen's Service that the intercourse thus established between us should be conductes

in the fullest reciprocal confidence." -

my

When the late Asmiral the Station was staying at house, I mentioned to him

to General

the fact of Nr. Shelby having, protested in writing to "I' Aguilar that Mr. Spring (his former Perks) has already been repaid his bett advance; for which the General had declined further

=

in

commu=

with Mr. Shelley.

notio

nication with Mr. The receipt which is produced from Spring/on his payments some ways since) only proves that the sett