CO129-217 - Governor Sir Bowen Administrator Marsh - 1884 [7-10] — Page 136

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In regard to parr. 3-5,

these:

the desp. on 8916

in

16 was

the factsare

written signed May, but held back & not dated

pending

the arrival of the next mail,

in accordance with the minutes. On

the

arrived 16 June, two mails having arre without the Ordinance, I dated the desp. & placed it in the dip ready for the next mail (as I was just them going on leave, and was consequently clearing my

table as far as possible.] I wrote an

8916

16

"

4

that the desp" "has

been sent", meaning fut in the mail dip, to go by next opportunity; this phrase, I am afraid, misled those who minuted 104gs,

into supposing that the desp. had already left the country before the arrival of 10495. As a matter of fact it did not go 27 June (assis feorge points out), and at that time 10495 was still in circulation:

as above

a

till

this name of the newspaper add

? Reply that the desp. of 16 June

was se

signed trendy po placed with other dess ready for the ent ready for despite mail

Thut away

shows, some of the Orde

to go

smailes its date

days before

23th Jame;

the arrival

that the

ارم

despatch submitting

the Arge still under conson when the mail left on the 27th June, but as explained in the desp. of 12th August [in 10495] which Sir G. B. will have onsequently received, Lord Dertz had decided to

advice to H.M. an

defer offering any

the Ordinance, until he heard the reasons for preferring the Establishing off or Private Savings Bank; and ? direct him to cancel the 5th parag. of this despatch which is most uncalled for,

Knot to say

unter

wen werk it.

on regard to the explanation given by the Treasurer reply that of course it is unpossible to prevent a private Bank doing Savings Bank brisiness, sufficient but that there seem no

ouch a private

reasons for granting

Bank the facilities given by the

Ordinance

[It might be a strang

te

measure

disallow the Ord" but if the

very

Savings Bank shows that it

success of the commit

ist as well have

the might just

die the business without the for facilit

& sanctions, which seems to give

wo

annex the last extra security to the public of the

Straits Savrning Bander epat (12501/83) for

of reference.

D

Bod

liter tangled not the formal

french cases to have Sud. 188p.

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