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202

as a

surety of Mr. Gibbons has been injuriously affected by Mr Gibbons having been deprived of control over the accounts and original vouchers for monies which

have come into his hands.

2.

In the

accompanying

minutes and letters, Your Lordship will

see a

full report from the Chief Justice dated the 28th Ultimo in which he

in

#

"The short answer to this

says:

vague complaint

is that the Auditor has passed, in fact,

all the accounts of Mr. Gibbons." And

in a subsequent paragraph Sir John Smale

says:-

I never to my Knowledge had

paper from Mr. Gibbons office without

This express consent. In illustration

of the way at " Gibbons

Mr. Gibbons Kept his papers, the

Chief Justice mentions that the Registrar

on one occasion sent for a detective to

recover a valuable paper

he had lost;

and that, whilst waiting for the

detective, the paper

was found

in a confused

mass of documents on a

table

before Mr. Gibbons.

3.

On the whole, I am

of

no

opinion that Mr. I. U. Thomson had sufficient ground for making the complaint he addressed to the Crown Agents in his letter of the 20th of September, 1880.

4.

This complaint has however done good in bringing to my

notice the terms of the Bond

by which

Mr Thomson became

one

of the Sureties

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3* 202 as a surety of Mr. Gibbons has been injuriously affected by Mr Gibbons having been deprived of control over the accounts and original vouchers for monies which have come into his hands. 2. In the accompanying minutes and letters, Your Lordship will see a full report from the Chief Justice dated the 28th Ultimo in which he in # "The short answer to this says: vague complaint is that the Auditor has passed, in fact, all the accounts of Mr. Gibbons." And in a subsequent paragraph Sir John Smale says:- I never to my Knowledge had paper from Mr. Gibbons office without This express consent. In illustration of the way at " Gibbons Mr. Gibbons Kept his papers, the Chief Justice mentions that the Registrar on one occasion sent for a detective to recover a valuable paper he had lost; and that, whilst waiting for the detective, the paper was found in a confused mass of documents on a table before Mr. Gibbons. 3. On the whole, I am of no opinion that Mr. I. U. Thomson had sufficient ground for making the complaint he addressed to the Crown Agents in his letter of the 20th of September, 1880. 4. This complaint has however done good in bringing to my notice the terms of the Bond by which Mr Thomson became one of the Sureties
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3* 202 as a surety of Mr. Gibbons has been injuriously affected by Mr Gibbons having been deprived of control over the accounts and original vouchers for monies which have come into his hands. 2. In the accompanying minutes and letters, Your Lordship will see a full report from the Chief Justice dated the 28th Ultimo in which he in کروگے "The short answer to this says: vague complaint is that the Auditor has passed, in fact, all the accounts of Mr. Gibbons." And subsequent paragraph Sir John Smale. says:- a # I never to my Knowledge had paper from M. Gibbons office without This consent. In illustration express 1 of the way at " Bibbons Mr. Gibbons Kept his papers, the Chief Justice mentions that the Registrar on one occasion sent for a detective to valuable paper he had lost; recover a and that, whilst waiting for the detective, the paper confused in a paper was found of documents on a mass before Mr. Gibbons. 3. On the whole, I am table of no opinion that Mr. I. U. Thomson had sufficient ground for making the complaint he addressed to the brown Agents in his letter of the 20th of September, 1880. 4. This complaint has however done good in bringing to my notice the terms of the Bond Mr Thomson became one by which of the Sureties
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202

as a

surety of Mr. Gibbons has been injuriously affected by Mr Gibbons having been deprived of control over the accounts and original vouchers for monies which

have come into his hands.

2.

In the

accompanying

minutes and letters, Your Lordship will

see a

full report from the Chief Justice dated the 28th Ultimo in which he

in

کروگے

"The short answer to this

says:

vague complaint

is that the Auditor has passed, in fact,

all the accounts of Mr. Gibbons." And

subsequent paragraph Sir John Smale.

says:-

a

#

I never to my Knowledge had

paper from M. Gibbons office without

This

consent. In illustration

express 1 of the way at " Bibbons

Mr. Gibbons Kept his papers, the

Chief Justice mentions that the Registrar

on one occasion sent for a detective to

valuable paper

he had lost;

recover a

and that, whilst waiting for the

detective, the paper

confused

in a

paper was found

of documents on a

mass

before Mr. Gibbons.

3.

On the whole, I am

table

of

no

opinion that Mr. I. U. Thomson had sufficient ground for making the complaint he addressed to the brown Agents in his letter of the 20th of September, 1880.

4.

This complaint has however done good in bringing to my

notice the terms of the Bond

Mr Thomson became

one

by

which

of the Sureties

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