CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3] — Page 205

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a gazetted Officer, I have the honour to state that I have received a letter from Mr. Mena A..., Expressed his inability to comply with my application for this increased remuneration which I find to be absolutely necessary for my Support. I beg you will request of His Excellency to accept my resignation of the Office which I hold from the date of this Communication.

In addition to the circumstances stated in my letter of the 31st ultimo before referred to, which form the main and actual cause of my inability any longer to hold my appointment with justice to myself or to the public Service, I think it right again to repeat what I stated at the interview with which His Excellency honoured me upon Saturday last, namely the extreme and painful difficulty I have experienced in holding official intercourse with Her Majesty's Attorney General owing to his very irritating and dictatorial demeanour and language towards me, whilst devoting my undivided energies to the faithful discharge of my most arduous duties.

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a gazetted Officer, I have the honour to state that I have received a letter from Mr. Mena A..., Expressed his inability to comply with my application for this increased remuneration which I find to be absolutely necessary for my Support. I beg you will request of His Excellency to accept my resignation of the Office which I hold from the date of this Communication. In addition to the circumstances stated in my letter of the 31st ultimo before referred to, which form the main and actual cause of my inability any longer to hold my appointment with justice to myself or to the public Service, I think it right again to repeat what I stated at the interview with which His Excellency honoured me upon Saturday last, namely the extreme and painful difficulty I have experienced in holding official intercourse with Her Majesty's Attorney General owing to his very irritating and dictatorial demeanour and language towards me, whilst devoting my undivided energies to the faithful discharge of my most arduous duties.
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a gazlaman Mena A

Expressed his inability to comply

my application for this

with

increased remuneration which

My

I find to be absolutely for mg Support. I beg you will request of His Excellency to accept my usignation of the Officers which I hold from the date of this

Communication.

In addition to the

circumstances stated in my letter of the 31th ultime before referred to which form the main and actual cause of my inability any longer to hold my appointment with

F

Justice to myself or to the 203 public Service, I think it right again to repeat what I stated

at the interview with which

one

His keelhury honored

Excelny upon Saturday last namely the exhere and painful difficulty I have experienced in holding

Official intercourse with Wer

Majesty, AMorney General oving to his wry irritating

very

and dictatorial demeanour

and

language towards" white

devoting my

undivided, energies

to the faithful discharge of

my

most arduous duties.

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