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11. Having made this rectifications in respect of the motives imputed to me, I must also, before leaving this part of Mr Ford's Report, state that I cannot admit the charge implied in paragraph ... of impeding his progress in the transaction business. Beyond the copying of letters and invoice, which office record was required, I am not aware that he suffered any delays. There may have been want of due diligence; a package may have missed shipment, but such occurrences were accidental and might have happened under the best organization.
12. Turning to the second chapter of the Report, that on Forest management, I am devoid of any information on the subject other than what I may have managed to gather by reading an old report of Mr Ford which was forwarded through me to Sir Arthur Kennedy. In respect of those statistics upon which Mr Ford did not happen to write, I am represented as in darkness because I had no originals to copy from, and any calculations and conclusions I may have ventured on are said to be mere conjectures, or speculations. A list of needs which I gave in my Report of August 1877 is declared erroneous in language conveying the idea that it is merely a copy of some old list of needs without trust...
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11. Having made this rectifications in respect of the motives imputed to me, I must also, before leaving this part of Mr Ford's Report,
state that I cannot admit the
Charge implied in pringraph of of impeding his progress in the trans. -action business. Beyond the
of
I
copying of
letters and invoice.
which office record was -quired
suffered any
ees of clearly pe
not aware that ho
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due
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have missed
package may shipment, but such occurrences in were accidental and might have happened under the best organiza.
alioso.
12. Jurning to the second chapter of the Report, that on Forest manage.
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held up in
management I am
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devoid of any information
on the subject other than what I may have managed to gather by reading
was
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to Sir Arthur forwarded through me Kennedy. In respect of those sta=
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which Mr Ford, did)
not happen to write I am
represented
as in darkness because I had
originals to copy frome
copy from and, any
calculations and conclusions I may
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are
are said to be,
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speculations.
in neds without trus which I
gave in my Report of August 1877 is declared; erroneous in language conveying the idea that it is merely a copy of some old list of Mé
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