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which gave rise to these are to fully related in the accompanying papers. That Lord Grey feels it unnecessary to recapitulate them. He desires me, to request that you will therefore observe to the Lords Commissioners that in his opinion, it would bear very hardly upon Mr. Napier to insist on his payment of the expenses which his securities have, in his absence, made him responsible. The work which formed the ground of action was undertaken by Mr Napier in his official capacity and was entirely of a public and useful character. If the excess of expenditure which it occasioned is principally attributable to a falling off in the amount of the private Subscriptions upon which it appears he had too confidently relied. This circumstance coupled with his serious illness which prevented him from exercising that effectual control over the execution of his directions which he otherwise would

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which gave rise to these are to fully related in the accompanying papers. That Lord Grey feels it unnecessary to recapitulate them. He desires me, to request that you will therefore observe to the Lords Commissioners that in his opinion, it would bear very hardly upon Mr. Napier to insist on his payment of the expenses which his securities have, in his absence, made him responsible. The work which formed the ground of action was undertaken by Mr Napier in his official capacity and was entirely of a public and useful character. If the excess of expenditure which it occasioned is principally attributable to a falling off in the amount of the private Subscriptions upon which it appears he had too confidently relied. This circumstance coupled with his serious illness which prevented him from exercising that effectual control over the execution of his directions which he otherwise would
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which gave rise to these

и даш

Masedang

are

to

fully related

in the accompanying papers

That Lord Grey feels it

unnexepary

to recapitulate

them. He desires me,

to request that

you

therefore

with

observe to the Lords Comins

that in his opieccion, it

would bear

very hardly

upon Mr. Rapier to insish

his payment of the

repon

Mela

Ju

which his securities

have, in his absence, made his responsible. The work

which formed the ground

21

of action was undertaken by Mr Napier in his official Cepanity and was interely of a public and useful border If the recess of rependiture

which it mished is

principatiz athibutable to

a falling off in the amount of the private Subscriptions

One

which it

Appears he had too confidnuty

relied. This circumstatice

Coupled with his serious

ilref which preconted

him from recriesing that effectical control over the

execution of his directions which be therwise would

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