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myself. My duties have been recently distinetly defined

have also been those of the Registar General, and there is no possibility of these duties clashing.

I earnestly hope that His Excellency may deem the explanation, patisfactory and sufficient to reinstates me in his esteem and

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confidence without submitting me to the ordeal of further enguins before, the Cocautive Council . Iff is . Excellency does not consider that I have fully explained

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any particular point a stated in the letter to

which this is

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that heywill before pesorting

to the guxtreme measure, permit me to have thes opportunity of further reply. It has keen my painful task to have recently to

defend myself upon another wift that of

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disobedience to It's Excellenn's order as conveyed by Acting

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1 Semetary and I therein stated my long service of 244-years in ther Majestyn & inher Majesty's Boot apespectfully