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Mr Ackroyd to be Acting Attorney Geveral during Mr O'Malley's absence

request,

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on leave and that, in accordance with

mny request, a copy. copy of my letter would be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Prin

As it may appear to the Secretary

of State strange that I should have

addreeced such 어유

letter to the Govencior

of the Colony at a time when no

official

application from the Attorney becceral

for leave of absence was

before the

Government, and that I should

have introduce Mr Justice Russell's

name into

my protest, apparently

needlessly, perhaps I may be permitted now to explain that when I wrote

my

letter of 16th December, I knew,

upon the best authority,

and I

have

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have had 110 reason sivice to doubt the

perfect correctives

then

given me,

of the information that His Excellency the

Governor (Sir George Bowen) had

been

informed (1) that all O'Malley ( was about to proceed on leave, and (2) that Mr Justice Russell and

all? Ackroyd

were desirous of

of

filling the acting appointinent. Knew also, partly from my own personal experience, that matters of

often, I might say

this sort are

always, sensiofficial

the

subject of private

or

discussion and

t and are

practically

arrangement. settled long beffore they take official form

and become officially cognisable I therefore thought.

well that

it

if my protect were sent