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Dr. Eitel, laying the damages at $25,000.
5.
Mr. Johnson's visit and enquiries at Government House took place when I was not there, but on the day I returned to the Colony, 24th October, 1881, I sent for him next day and on seeing him I pointed out the inconvenience of the course he had adopted waiting till I had left for Peking before enquiring into a matter that concerned my domestic affairs, and an authoritative statement showing that on the one hand Dr. Eitel had made unauthorized and incorrect statements, but on the other that Mr J. C. Hayllar had been rightly excluded from Government House for disgraceful conduct to a lady.
6.
Dr Eitel who also read this authoritative statement on the 25th of October assured me that he had never said anything inconsistent with it; and that Mr Johnson had given an entirely wrong version of their conversation. On the 5th of November he wrote to that effect to Mr. Johnson, not by my dictation as he seems to think, but on my suggestion to him that he could hardly continue as my Private Secretary unless the matter was cleared up.
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Dr. Eitel, laying the damages at ___
$25,000.
5.
Mr. Johnson's visit
and enquiries at Government House
took place when I was not there,
but on the
the day
I returned to the
Colony, 24th October, 1881, I sent for him next day
him and on
seeing I pointed out the inconvenience of
in
the course he had adopted waiting till I had left for Poking before enquiring into a matter that
concerned
my
I read to him.
domestic affairs, and an authoritative
statement showing that on the one hand Dr. Eitel had made unauthorized and incorrect statements, but on the
other that Mr J. C. Hayllar had been rightly excluded from Government House for disgraceful conduct to a lady.
6.
Dr Eitel who also read
on the
this authoritative statement
25th of October assured me that he
had never said
anything inconsistent with it; and that Mr Johnson had
given an entirely wrong version of their conversation. On the 5th of November he wrote to that effect to Mr. Johnson, not by my
dictation as
he seems to think, but on
my
to him that he could
representing hardly continue as
my
Private
Secretary unless the recorded, moto
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