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charges
rative Colonial Secretary, to be furnished to Not Arretty and Mr. Caldwell- In: Antey athered to his system of limited liability, (letter of 24th May) denied the to be his and clung to his theory of the matter being removed to another tribunal, " that of the Secretary of State.
after its labors had terminated,
39. The Commission commenced it's labors on the 27th of May - it sat at intervals for 24 days and generally for 6 or 7 hours encl day and Ireceived_ its report, Burry this long interval pmost of the departments of the Government were almost paralysed by the adsorption of their Chiefs. The
Attorney
General and the Superintendent of Police generally
attended the Commission - so did the
Acting Colonial Sacrotary's Narrative,
appen.
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41.
Rezistion beneral for his defence _ the Surveyor General and Chief Magistrate
as
Commissioners. I avoided all
interference with their proceedings
which the
of the
manner in
them
Commission discharged their duties I cannot report catisfactorily. Key availed themselves of the perminion given to retain legal Assistance and one of their first Acts was to decline the advice tendered by the Barrister (Ms day) they had selected for their guidance. Not only did these Gentlemen wander out of the specific charges laid before them In their report but they suffered themselves to be made the medium
An
through which Mr Anstey might in
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