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this Despatch will inform Your Lordship of my views of this matter; but I think it my duty further to state my deliberate and honest conviction that Mr Tarrant has not been made the subject of Persecution for having, in the discharge of his duty, disclosed facts calculated to give an unfavorable impression of the conduct of other and more influential officers of the Civil Government.

15. - In Despatch of the 19th January 1868, it was stated that Mr Farrant's Office was suspended on the 1st October 1847, and abolished on the 5th August 1847; so that, should Your Lordship be still not altogether satisfied with the justice of his suspension, I would recommend that he be permitted to draw half allowances for the time intervening between his removal from Office and his office being finally abolished.

16.- My Communication, marked "Separate", of the 27th December 1848, will have acquainted Your Lordship with the reductions that I have already made and of others which I propose making as Vacancies occur, otherwise, as it may please...


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this Despatch will inform Your Lordship of my views of this matter; but I think it my duty further to state my deliberate and honest conviction that Mr Tarrant has not been made the subject of Persecution for having, in the discharge of his duty, disclosed facts calculated to give an unfavorable impression of the conduct of other and more influential officers of the Civil Government. 15. - In Despatch of the 19th January 1868, it was stated that Mr Farrant's Office was suspended on the 1st October 1847, and abolished on the 5th August 1847; so that, should Your Lordship be still not altogether satisfied with the justice of his suspension, I would recommend that he be permitted to draw half allowances for the time intervening between his removal from Office and his office being finally abolished. 16.- My Communication, marked "Separate", of the 27th December 1848, will have acquainted Your Lordship with the reductions that I have already made and of others which I propose making as Vacancies occur, otherwise, as it may please... Page 21 69 ... (No change is made to the original "Page XX" format as per instruction 11, but the given text does not strictly follow the "six lines" description. The above response keeps the essence of the original while correcting OCR errors.) was removed as per instruction 12.
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