CO129-231 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1887 [1-3] — Page 410

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I wrote Mir

morning

him that, by the

ufacture. That came Orange, apprising Colonial Office Rules, public officers prohibited from engaging in trade of

wo Cre

themselves with Commercial

comeeting undertaking

and co

· any

on

him to

calling

from the Brick

with draws at once

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Daru

Cement Company. Later during

day, oter Orange

office,

the

saw me at the

and he informed that he had.

complied with.

my instructions and

severed his connextion with the Company. This statement I had confirmed subsequently by Meet Notton & Deacon, Solicitors to the fore pany. -personally to engine. After I had written

my

ON-

whom I called

letter to Mr Orange,

I received

letter from the Colonial Secretary, calling

attention to the same newspaper

my

report

which had attracted my

me to notice and referring to the Colonial

Office Regulation above referred to:

In

I was able to inform

In reply. I was able to

404 Mr Stewart

that I had already taken action in

the matter.

Subsequently Mr Orange enquired

wao

come

of me if there

any Government objection to his giving atto fhater, the chief promoter of the Company, professional of local clays in the manufacture

provided that that advice was not given in exchange for

al advice as to the treatment

bricko or Cement

any fee or remuneration. To this I saw.

objection

at all, and told him he could not be prescuted by

if he

ruce,

we

any

way from helping his friends by advice, The chose to do so. I went further and told him that, if his scientific knowledge could in any

tend to

any way promote the prosperity of the Colony by helping to develope fresh industries, he would be doing a public spirited thing

giving promoters the benefit of his

Sukequently Mr Orange had

views.

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