CO129-085 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [1-4] — Page 248

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It

would seem that a garble

and false version of these instructionsi

The Secretary of estate reached eller bur

by

-some means which I have been matt

to ascertain, and he founded thereon:

an abusive article in the Daily Pres

of

which I can only say that it contains

an unusual number of misstatement

and absurdities even

that somewhat

notorious journal - The burthen of

the alleged grievance being that othe Alexander though absent from his

| Office

was

by

some new arrangement!

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means that the circular is not being

uded on now

I e

@aw

only

answer that

he is not correctly informed - If these Surmises as to his real meaning should both be incorrect I can then only say

I have not the least idea what he can mean. In

it is gratifying

any

Case

to find that a professed exposer of abuses

lan

find nothing more substantial to complain of.

The Colonial Surgeon's report

ublished in the Government

for 1859

was

to receive the greater portion of the fuo "In the second place. The annual whereas the truth was, as I have state reports of the loolonial Surgeon for that Mr. Alexander was not while the last three years, namely 1859, 1860 Gazette of the 17th March 1860 and was absent to receive any portion whatsoever and 1861, have been suppressed. That transmitted to The Secretary of State with

I think therefore that the first is to say, they have never been- charge in the letter now transmitted

published in the local Gazelle

the Blue Book

for The Report

that

year.

1860 was in consequence

is intended to have some connection, as was the invariable custom formerly" of Dr. Murray's absence in Europe not

with the imaginary grievance. ll's Murrow has published in his. paper- and if he means that the Circular of The Secretary of State was not acted on when olly Alxander ww absent in 1887 and 1858 I can only say that Sir John Bowring, or Dr. Bridges then Acting Colonial Secretary; if applied to would probably point out as a reason that the Circular did not reach

this bolony until one year Alexander's departure

year after Mr ! on leave. If he

as

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received in time to be included in the Blue

Book

for

that

but it was year,

forwarded

me to The Secretary of State in Despatch N2109 of 4th July 1861 and Rokinowledged, in Despatch Downing Street N$ 94 of. 44 October 1861.

This Report however, was not

published by

I am not

award:

me in the Gazette because

amy

order requiring

publication of it, and because such a- step would not in my opinion have been for the good of the finôlic Service - The