CO129-229 - Acting Governor Marsh & Public Offices - 1886 [11-12] — Page 279

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Overexertion and stress of work in the Hospital now lake effect upon me much more. readily that in past years,

and I have interical warnings.

of the danger I run when I try to do too much.

These

I have received for workingo sometive past, and when requested to undertake (allarques duties I could only represent my inability.

Such statements from me on behalt

are

of other officials

regularly received by the Government; this being part of my duty,

and I have yet to learn on what grounds His Excellency refuses to believe behalf, when I might

on

my own

be supposed least liable to error :

My letter of 12th instant does not appear to have been sufficiently clear; Auxions day among the sick followed. by disturbed and deepless night must account for

for this.

Care

My live is

ou

engrossed with the

of the sick, of whom I have now

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84, including Ore Marques, in Hospital, and instead of being allowed necess

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ester any recreation

little leisure is taken.

and repose, uny

such

charges

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these.

lettor of the 12th Istated

in answering In

my that physical inability

Cause

of my failure

the

main

up

to mech H. Co. wishes, I should have said there it was the

the rest of the letter being

sole cause;

everely subsidiary, lending to show that

there

are

many strong

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why I

should not have been asked to do the

extra work.

It is possible that the Council have,

the

impression

on that in

fast letter I

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sought to justify disobedience of orders;

nothing however was

farther from my

intention; and if my letter had that effect it was not so meant.

I have not been informed that

there is

anything before the Council opposed to my plea of phopical inability,

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or ill health, and

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