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the Colonial Secretary during that Officer's absence or ilinece, would be more conveniently left to the discretion of the Governon; and

reting on this

principle when

rieutenant Colonel Caine preceded

to Macas in August last for a intnight, it was with

my sanction

understood that the ruties of the Secretariat would devrive upon Mr Mercer, and to this arrangement is to be attributed the remonstrance of Mr D'Almada e Castro addressed

Grace.

te

ueen

your

Mr D'Almada e Castro has

fit to report to your

Grace

some verbal conversation he states

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to have taken place between myself

and him in reference to this matter;

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also to allude to come discussion

which took place between 113 Mercer

and himself during

in

un absence

my

England from March 1852 to As regards that

February 1853.-

portion of his statement with whien I am concerned, I have merely to say, that it is quite possible, all that Mr J'Almada e Castro alleges

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to have taken place, did take pince, for having a personal good will towards him, I was anxions to soothe

which however I must

his

feelings

say appeared to me most

unnecessarily irritated, and