CO129-193 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [5-7] — Page 637

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If Your Lordship will cause an examination of the Minutes of the Executive Council to be made, it will, at least, be seen that during the years 1877 and 1878 those questions were brought by the Governor more frequently before the Executive Council than in any two preceding years in the history of the Colony.

It may, however, be said, in perfect fairness, that the Minutes of the Executive Council are formal documents generally transmitted to Downing Street in simple covering despatches, and that it rarely happens that a Governor, in forwarding the minutes of Council, calls attention to their contents.

Nor can I find that I deviated at any time from this routine system.

On the other hand, I admit that it is the duty of a Governor, in dealing with such serious questions as the principles of a sound penal system and the details of prison discipline, not merely to endeavour to do so with the help of his Council (as I did), but to give the Secretary of State a distinct intimation of...

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received Lord Barnarvon's despatch, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Gardiner Austin, had remarked that I had given Executive Council more about the prison system and the treatment of criminals, in nine months, than my two predecessors had given them in the preceding years of their Lordship mine. If Your Lordship will cause an examination of the Minutes of the Executive Council to be made, it will, at least, be seen that during the years 1877 and 1878 those questions were brought by the Governor more frequently before the Executive Council than in any two preceding years in the history of the Colony. It may, however, be said, in perfect fairness, that the Minutes of the Executive Council are formal documents generally transmitted to Downing Street in simple covering despatches, and that it rarely happens that a Governor, in forwarding the minutes of Council, calls attention to their contents. Nor can I find that I deviated at any time from this routine system. On the other hand, I admit that it is the duty of a Governor, in dealing with such serious questions as the principles of a sound penal system and the details of prison discipline, not merely to endeavour to do so with the help of his Council (as I did), but to give the Secretary of State a distinct intimation of...

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T 8 9 639 received Lord barnarvon's despatch, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Gardiner Austin, had remarked that I had the given Executive Conneil more about the C prison system and the treatment of criminals, in nine months, than my two predecessors had given them in the preseding Lordship mine years. If Your. will cause an an examination of the Minutes of the Executive Council to ¡ be made, it will, at least, be seen that during the years 1877 and 1878 those~ questions were brought by the Governor frequently before the Excentive Council than in any two preceding the history of the Colony, It may however be more years g in the said, and 17th perfect fairness, that the Minutes of the Excentive Conneil are formal documents generally transmitted to Downing Street in simple covering despatches, and that it rarely happens that a Governor in forwarding the minutes of Conneil calls attention to their contents. Nor Can I find that I deviated at any time from this routine system. 9. L On the other hand, In admit that is the duty of a Governor in dealing with such serious questions questions as the principles of a sound of a sound penal system and the details of prison discipline not merely to endeavour to do so with the help of his Connoil (as I did), but to give Secretary of State a distinot intencation the

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received Lord barnarvon's despatch, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Gardiner Austin, had remarked that I had the

given Executive Conneil more about the

prison system and the treatment of criminals, in nine months, than my two predecessors had given them in the preseding Lordship

mine

years. If Your.

will cause an

an examination of the Minutes of the Executive Council to ¡ be made, it will, at least, be seen that during the years 1877 and 1878 those~ questions were brought by the Governor

frequently before the Excentive Council than in any two preceding the history of the Colony,

It may however be

years

in the

said, and 17th perfect fairness, that the Minutes of

the Excentive Conneil

are

formal documents generally transmitted to Downing Street in simple covering despatches, and that it rarely happens that a Governor

forwarding the minutes

of Conneil calls attention to their contents.

Nor

Can

I find that I deviated at any

time from this routine system.

On the other hand, In

admit that is the duty of a Governor in

dealing

with such serious questions

questions as the

principles of a sound

of a sound penal system and the details of prison discipline not merely to endeavour to do so with the help of his Connoil (as I did), but to give Secretary of State a distinot intencation

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