CO129-067 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [1-4] — Page 333

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many

of

say

its most defective member.

It is due to but

Midges

that he has been specially

active in his attention to this

to

imántant ûrm and instrument

very

of Government, but this activity has subjected him to a

catain amount of resistance from the Chief Superintendent who has comewhat unwillingly submitted to the experion Authority of the acting Honial Secretary and I have felt ¡comrelled to exprene to his may a condemnatory opinion of his want of deference and respect to his Super-ordinate. I hope the Superintendent of Police will not

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to attend to ung reroof-for fril to attend to my

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his

queat exteriones in his particular

Sentient and his long residence

here

give him

great means of

public usefulness. At the came time I feel the rescriety of growing ample powers to a functionary like M. Caldwell whore Knowledge of the language and influence with the native porulation make his services invaluable to the Government, _though his action is regarded_ (perhaps niecscarily) with an "certain amount of jealousy by Mi May. It is my

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my object to

posible

harmonize as much as

our many discordant elements

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