CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3] — Page 456

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( by the Colonial Secretary for whom

That you

-you are acting ;) -

were instructed

" to repair his " (Mr. Mercer's)

"'omission"; _ and that His

-

" Excellency desired me to forward such information to the Government as I " might have collected, in "Corroboration of my Report:

You, at the same time, Copy of those

forwarded a

".

-

unperformed directions ; -

which were contained in

a note

by His Excellency, and, according to which, I was to be requested to take ~

" measures for verifying the ' statement of the last

" paragraph of my letter, in

order that the Government

might consider whether

it was neces

cessary

to take

" any steps in consequence!

On the same date, In

informed you ' that no stepps theps

"Taken

by

in reply

s could be

Government' ~

"against either of the jurors

alluded to in

your letter, (and in my Report. )

my Report.) There reason to suppose

was no reason

either of the

6 gentlemen to have been quilty of lumbracery,

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