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eyor of the Chinese, I beseech News Excellency not to be butions overmnel to rivit with ponies ated penalties om- officer of the Incen merely because he has been leventfut of Comption, and zealous to detect and promish it.

added that for the furevent it is not ung intention frilly at provent

at prevent #ithin-fir has been pleased to charge me, nor then as appears to me sufficient to satisfylte 's Ewellings

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But if, continay to all hope, "m bar sertiofactory as to obrinte, in the former's shrinin, "the receivity of fincerting to deshowsion, the Eight hit. Find of the Rules and Regulations for Her Majesty's Colonial "Sornée. " assures bue that, before the day bestiin which must be named for that purpove, I shall have a 'reasonable time for preparing my defence"; _ and I Shirth ecitandy avoit myself of the opportunity to enter at large

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defence and proofs.

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Isheath. To so without distrusting the good news of my sanse, which soner or later most prevail. It is

intention, our I am informed war,

informed was suntliely comortured on the steps of the Club- a day or two ago by the late or present Woting Corlonial Accretory, "tolianse these shines with ... the wat eight weeks, 12 before my

finally judged and determined, here and elsewhere. Not diveouraged by the foreyone conclusion_ simplied in that prophary, that here Judgment ivalenty Yone forthe, I shall demdan myself arthough

my now trained, were the other way, and so from stage to Stage, until at last the future state of this and its government is finally decided. In the mean = while the ammt afford to quit its slines; for that, would be to desertuny duty to the Community which I

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ver-me classifies,

The changes which I have to answer as I have said, mier two general leads of civis,

1. My

own Conduct and demeanor before the Commisia

of Enquiri

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nd

2. the Conduct of the Commission; it being assume by His Excellency that I am responsible for their reported. Joulurer to aventain the facts before them, on to come to a sound inclusion repon the facts sluch they

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which

1. My personal Conduct wow that of a mere witness, invited by the Commission-thenigle their Chairman attend and give evidence.

As a Government Officer. I was bound to sky their invitation because the Woment of Commission informed ime that all. Government Officers were required by His Excellency Sunvely to afford all information in their power

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to be "aiding and assisting in every plovite waly to the Commission!. Courtesy at

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- alone to the Commission_would furve Compelted i cven had I not been to required by the Yove mor, to lend them whatever avvistaties they asked ; for my solemn Poolest of the 24th Mary Past learning seen. "read and received by them, and it being consequently admitter that I was not responsible for the authorship of the witton Changes

ammesed to their Warrant, but, on the

contrary, Idismoned and protested against them in every way,

us 24.ve for declining to help them, wolle ends required therenato, out of the labyrinth of difficulty in isluch they

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were involved.

This in fret appears to have been distinetly

that