CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 516

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510 such a measure was very urgently required, its passing having been already too long delayed; and this being the case, I cannot but feel under obligation to Major General Cameron for having courageously faced the question, having thus relieved me of a disagreeable duty which would have been attended by a special degree of odium, if discharged by a newly-arrived Governor.

4. From all I can learn, Major-General Cameron met the opposition of the unofficial members in a conciliatory spirit and with such invariable good temper, that the measure passed with as little friction as was possible under the circumstances; and in this matter as well as in the conduct of affairs generally, his mingled firmness and discretion were such as would have been...

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510 such a measure was very urgently required, its passing having been already too long delayed; and this being the case, I cannot but feel under obligation to Major General Cameron for having courageously faced the question, having thus relieved me of a disagreeable duty which would have been attended by a special degree of odium, if discharged by a newly-arrived Governor. 4. From all I can learn, Major-General Cameron met the opposition of the unofficial members in a conciliatory spirit and with such invariable good temper, that the measure passed with as little friction as was possible under the circumstances; and in this matter as well as in the conduct of affairs generally, his mingled firmness and discretion were such as would have been...
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