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2.

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very great importance to the due selection of the high legal functionaries

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aw avart

in Her Majesty's Colonial possessions, and

of the great necesity for scensing the services of an efficient Law adviser here, where important questions of International Law are sure to be of

frequent

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I carmet of

Course

speas of the

Panicefote, after a monitis acquaintance

with him, with the sance

• confidence that

I would avish to speast of an applicant

Office, which must bring him into

for an Office,

such frequent and confidential intercomse

with the Governan

11.

Neveritreless I

cannot forbear saying,

that from what I de know of Mr. Danncefote,

I have string rea

-strong reason to thinn

you

a could

find it difficult adequately to supply his place, and therefore my present feeling is

I

entirely in his favor, and personally shall hear win much pleasure that ajen

tan

couply mist M. Parmefelis arishes.

I have the honor to be.

Your

Sir

most obedient serant,

Radiofrans thes

Sraves Macdonnell

Gernmen