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concerned in the

being conce

th

the poisoning

the

of the 158 January and of measures which I may have

deemed advisable to tatie in

Consequence.

on.

me with

i receipt of your despatch I desired. Mr. May. the then Superintendent of Police to furnish any additional particulars which he might necessary to add to the

deem it

explaciation already published in the Government Gazette of

the 14th February

Mr. May

Auswer did not arrive in

sufficient time to be

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forwarded by the last Mail,

Therewith enclose it as well

as a minute made thereow

by the acting Secretary

and a

Colonial

letter I

directed such officer to write to Mr. May conveying my

opinion as to his conduct.

I shall not attempt to

conceal from you my conviction that the police

were

- quilty of great negligence

and a certain amount

of

inhumanity in this matter which would not have been

tolerated for a day

: for a day had their

action come within the

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