CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 464

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Lother could for the moment be spared.

could

Hais Exe allency

only Suggest. if the views of the bouncil coincided

Therefore

that

with his own

they should record their

apinion that Mr. Wilson's permanent

Stenure of office

was inconsistent with

the Public interests. Mr Wilson should be

funfarmed of this

opinion

the Secutary of State might then take

professional ability to remove the doubts

and

misgivings

which he

wlways felt

amy

when

compelled to employ him Sublic work of magnitude-

om

for example

the rebuilding of the Chaya in the water supply at Totifulum.

EE. His Excellency

concludes by exepreping

his regret that he had been unable to

condense his observations but the

and Heis

Grace

any

action he chose, as freely

freely as if Me

he had to get

37

In

any

case

he

saw a

prospect

Wilson had been suspended.

Lof

Mr Milson's conduct improving if he was thoroughly impreped with the idea that he held his post by sufferance only. Newertheless he had personally little confidence

M. Wilson, and not sufficient

in

www

his

зве

تلار تكلم ملت سر

over was

very

ground

extensive.

quite prepared to adopt

whatever advice the bouncil might jive. 59. The Honorable the Auditor General observes, that considering these

ocuences

in connection with others which had taken place since M. Wilson had been at the head of the Survey Department

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