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Extract from Ateny General's litter of 9th February 1887, to the address of the Colonial Secretary.

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" Some of the residents of this orty waited me last right and informed me that Memorial in favor of the prisoners is about to be presented to His Excellency by those E

Europeans - a decided minority who pretend to doubt the propriate of taking any further proceeding cose. My informants seemed anxious and alarmed lest the prayer of the Memorial should be granted.

in this

I informed them that the only

case as

as get Fried being that of Dr Dempster and there being at least

the hundred more,

upon

men

allor

any

be still

of which the same may prosecuted, I was sure that nothing would be done with respect to the

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