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opinions and practice of the present Chief. Justice of the Colony Sir John Smale .

Those

opinions, as you

with due deliberation, and, as

all events

Know were

formed....

at

you

are

by

At the time when the

he

opinions

now aware, are concurred in

the Governor.

Chief Justive recorded those

informed the Governor that he had ____

consulted

the subject,

you,

and that

as his Prisne Judge,

ort

him.

3.

you agreed with

Under such circumstances it

would be somewhat unusual to allow

Arr

Acting Officer to avail himself of the pages of the Government Gazette to find fault - (

even in the moderate and courteous

language Your

uses in that letter.)_

Honour uses

with the well known opinions of his absent Chief.

4.

Apart, indeed, from this, there are other reasons, the Governor thinks, that seem to render it doubtful whether

any good end would be gained by

a

encouraging in this community public controversy on such a question.

5.

But whilst unable to

authorize the printing and publishing

of your letter, the Governor will readily

comply

with

your

second

request, and

-forward a copy of it to the Secretary

of State.

6.

Meanwhile, and

- pending

the decision of Sir Michael

trusts (if

Wicks Beach, the Governor