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Sir Q. Hennedy referred to in the letter enclosed in your July 28th 1880 copy Honor's letter of before referred to. I fully recognize however the necessity as well as the duty of submitting returns to your Honor as the responsible head of the department and had I been aware that your Honor had undertaken that position I should myself more often without reference to any existing order or decision have at once submitted all documents to your Honor for examination and as I believe, I have invariably done with reference to all those proceedings for approval, in which I have found the sanction of the court to be required by Ordinance Your Honor entirely misapprehends my disposition and character if you entertain the notion that I have any desire to assume to myself a position which is not warranted by Ordinance or by the terms of my engagement or that I have other than the most extreme respect for the office which your Honor holds, but I was instructed in England that my official communications were to be through the Colonial Secretary and when the question was raised by Honor (not by me) your Honor distinctly

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118 Sir Q. Hennedy referred to in the letter enclosed in your July 28th 1880 copy Honor's letter of before referred to. I fully recognize however the necessity as well as the duty of submitting returns to your Honor as the responsible head of the department and had I been aware that your Honor had undertaken that position I should myself more often without reference to any existing order or decision have at once submitted all documents to your Honor for examination and as I believe, I have invariably done with reference to all those proceedings for approval, in which I have found the sanction of the court to be required by Ordinance Your Honor entirely misapprehends my disposition and character if you entertain the notion that I have any desire to assume to myself a position which is not warranted by Ordinance or by the terms of my engagement or that I have other than the most extreme respect for the office which your Honor holds, but I was instructed in England that my official communications were to be through the Colonial Secretary and when the question was raised by Honor (not by me) your Honor distinctly
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118 Sir Q. Hennedy referred to in the letter enclosed in your July 28th 1880 copy Honor's letter of before referred to. I fully recognize however the necessity well as the duty of submitting returns to your all Houer as the responsible head of the department and had I been aware that your Hovor had undertaken that position I should iepoelf mero moter without reference. to any existing order or decision have at once submitted all documents to your Hour, for examination and as I believe, I have invariably done with reference to all those proceedings approval, in which I have found the sanation of the court to be required by ladinance Rpour Honor entirely misapprehendo my disposition and character if you. entertain the notion that I have any desire to sesume to myself a position which is not warranted by Ordinance DV by the terms of my engagement that I have or or other than the most any extreme respect for the office which your Honor holds, but I was instructed in Bugland that my Afficial in communications were to be through the holonial Secretary and when the question was raised by Houer (not by me) your your Honor distinetly
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Sir Q. Hennedy referred to in the

letter enclosed in your

July

28th 1880

copy

Honor's letter of

before referred to. I fully

recognize however the

necessity

well as the duty of submitting

returns to

your

all

Houer as the responsible

head of the department and had I

been aware that

your

Hovor had

undertaken that position I should

iepoelf

mero moter without reference.

to any existing

order or decision have

at once submitted all documents to

your

Hour, for examination and

as I believe, I have invariably done with reference to all those proceedings

approval,

in which I have found the sanation of

the court to be

required by ladinance Rpour Honor entirely misapprehendo

my disposition and character if you.

entertain the notion that I have

any

desire to sesume to myself a position which is not warranted by Ordinance

DV

by

the terms of my engagement

that I have

or

or

other than the most

any extreme respect for

the

office which your

Honor holds, but I was instructed in

Bugland that my Afficial

in

communications

were to be through the holonial Secretary and when the question

was raised by Houer (not by me) your

your

Honor

distinetly

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