they contain
some important inaccuracies. To begin with, the "words" under the Governor's instructions" are misquoted or rather misplaced in quoting. I did, indeed, write
letter to
in my "that in
you of 17th December
allowing
the case
to be
"withdrawn I was sacrificing
*
my own interests which demanded
"a public inquiry
to the interests
"of His Excellency the Governor : But the words "under the Governor's instructions", which the Private
the
Secretary incorrectly interpolates in this sentence, occur in original from which he quotes
only with reference to the preceding
sentence
178
sentence relating to the retractations
I made under instructions.
12. This, the third inaccura
inaccuracy I have had to point out in one
and the same
paragraph, is no doubt, like the other two inaccuracies,
a matter of mere inadvertence, but
it illustrates the value to be
attached to a letter in which the
Private Secretary goes
cret
"of his
tray
to
challenge
the a
of my memory
with
reference to
accuracy.
the subject matters of my official correspondence with you,
when he
commits in one and the same
paragraph inadvertently
inaccuracies injurious
line of defence.
three
to
my
13. As regards the other words
which I have underlined in the
above
I have underlined as
they contain
some important inaccuracies. To begin with, the "words" under the Governor's instructions" are misquoted or rather misplaced in quoting. I did, indeed, write
letter to
in my "that in
you of 17th December
allowing
the case
to be
"withdrawn I was sacrificing
*
my own interests which demanded
" a public inquiry
to the interests
" of His Excellency the Governor : But the words "under the Governor's instructions", which the Private
the
Secretary incorrectly interpolates in this sentence, occur in original from which he quotes
only with reference to the preceding
sentence
178
sentence relating to the retractations
I made under instructions.
12. This, the third inaccura
inaccuracy I have had to point out in one
and the same
paragraph, is no doubt, like the other two inaccuracies,
a matter of mere inadvertence, but
it illustrates the value to be
attached to a letter in which the
Private Secretary goes
cret
"of his
tray
to
challenge
the a
of my memory
with
reference to
accuracy.
the subject matters of my official correspondence with you,
when he
commits in one and the same
paragraph inadvertently
inaccuracies injurious
line of defence.
three
to
my
13. As regards the other words
which I have underlined in the
above
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