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me. in

iw my

newspapers against Official expocity as Acting Colonial Fecretary . As that Committee-

derne my blamable, with regard

Conduct to have been

grant of

d to the

the opicene monopoly

by

for certain reasons Specified. Ifeel it der to me

: myself to address you

subject for that the

the

I should deeply regark

good

Character which

Itrust I have carved at the

Earurd

Colonial Office by nearly five of the Crown in

ers Service

years

this Colony should. br. affected,

ow what I cannot but consider

very insufficicuk grounds .-

I have the most implicit

reliance in the thorough good

faith

in which Messrs Davies

and Dent acted in this matter and there.

these can

that they

have

br

no doubt but

arrived.

honestly

at the conclusions which they

Expressed but I do think that

they have not properly Considered my preuliar truporary position

and made allow aver

for its difficulties, that the Evictuce.

taken by the dors not. justify the consert_

laid upor

Crusierr Even

they have.

mr_ and that such

-

if based owns

sufficient grounds is numerisan.

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