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sey perfent Sobriety.

etter Anstey punas his as -

sertions upon

three grounds - Twit

Heat Iovered the candles to be

Removed from the dinner table- Svembly My evidenct in

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the health

of the Queen being proposed_and Thinkly that the Governor had himself, said I was intoxicated (del enclosure 6)

To the first - Shave to ex-

press my deep regret I might have said no

removal of

theat anything

regarding

the candles sticuld

the

have been emstured by Sir Wohn

Bowring

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tas further from my

intention then

I:

to do so on

the accasion in question.

A

Ore

must have"

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an order as Iave not

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hi the habit

of gromo

orders in Au

other gentleman's house & nothing

very material fact escuped his Excellencys memory

or I am sure be

would have

Zulu-

tuned it tiz : that I had previously

asked his permission to have the Phukah pulled - The

only objeckin

raised to key request was that the Candles would be blown out and

that there would not be suffi

cieus

ney opinion

light - Sexpressed it as that there would be ample light

from the lacups

ana. Suggested a

trial - To this there did not seem

to be the slightest objection. The Candles were accordingly

reucized