CO129-236 - Others - 1887 — Page 354

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conduct had been

the first time

my brought of the notice of the secretary of State I beg mosh respectfully & cubuit that this statement is not strictly quite true has a complaint or

buta

curate.

twas made concering me of the Secretary of state in september 1880,

reference to the correspondence of that Late will show that this complaint oss an exparte- statement put forward without regard to the Regulations, thot in strict fairullo & me.

Nor Ayres, Colonial Surgeon, had made lundry changes personal tofficial, againstore in 1880. which I answered in due porn, & to the catisfaction of the Governor (in d.P. Stennessy), who ordered In Ayulo 5 withdraw one (at leach) of his statements

In Ayres then forwarded a mémorial & the Secretary of State (lept 1880) in which he enclosed the letters containing his charges agamish me, but re ouitted off Enclose at the same time the letters in which I answered most of those charges. then this recretary of stats had before

kin that occasion merely an ex parte personal complaint from fur Ayres which the Governor

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of the Colony had attached little

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the Executive Council, tof which, moreover,

Mr Ayres forwarded a garbled statement

+ the Secretary of stato.

My only official knowledge of that micrepresentation concerning me was famed so in the recent cistance, from the Secretary States despater deciding the question.

Donly knew the extent of the wrong done me hat instance by seeing her Ayres memoriet recorded in the office of the livil Propital.

Lund P81 the Beanston.

was home

Charter

leave in

was good enough & verify the fact that the letters containing my answers & hm Ayres chan had seen omitted from his memorial, and In Braunston also kindly undertook & have filed in the Cotonnal office copier of the missing letters which had brought home with ene.

There is thus a fatal defect in the indictment against me, stws of to most important changes being withdrawn, Struct that the serious aspect given to the case will disappear