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to me to be impossible for the Secretary of State
decide
ip
to
such questions.
as that to which
your
telegrams related, without
knowing fully the precise
circumstances of each
particular case..
tion cau
information
Such
hardly
be given through the Medium
of the
telegraph,
aud
therefore
these and similar points can
only be determined by
and
the Governor in Corail, who
atomi possession of all the
facts
3. The duties of a fovernor must necessarily bring before
hir
:
hen.
a variety of difficult
and complicated matters, upon which he has, after consulting his Officers, to
form his own
Judgment
and to act in his discretion.
without loss of time; and while the Secretary of state
will of course
be
ready
to assist him when practi=
: cable, it is in most cases Unavoidable that after
consultation with the Ex.
cutive Council, he should
act without such assistance.
4. The Governor of Hong Kong
especially is placed in this position
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