CO129-153 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [11-12] — Page 220

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Official, and

of whom only three are those three are about the least likely

to

Parry

to the Inquiry any personal Bias. The four unofficial. Membus namely. Mr. Koawiets, Mambue of Cameil - Mr Laveock, the

present Representative of the hasse of Gibberle Mr. Lemann, merchant- and Mr Palconer, an eminent and weality Representative of the retail trade here

avo

d. The time is, moreover,

spicious for instituting such an

inquiry,

as

there is

sprecial

excitement prevailing and a

genera feeling of confidence in the Evercutive

seerno

reviving. It is at least

satisfactory to note that all three

|

melasma No!

218

Newspapers of the Colony express Public confidence in the Commission: The latter, however, might be, I admit, | a very good Commission, though

equally condemned by the lecal

Pres.

6. I purposely left the Commission unfettered in their choice of a Chairman and Scretary. They have seleder for the former

former a very

competent and hard) wor

mant in

working man

An

the Acting Attorney General, Mr Hayllar, and have chosen

equally industrious Officer as Secretary, viz. Mr Lister, Instaspritur and Coroner. I, therefore, have strong hope that

we

hall have

a

therough and

X.

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