CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 587

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ability

to achieve so

many

successes, Mr. Price has

blie career

shown in his public

a d

delicate

integrity

scrupulousness of

such as does him

the highest honour. Stad

he, using

the knowledge at his disposal, thought fit to buy land, even at publie austion, I have not the least doubt, (leaving altogether out of consideration other opportunities for illegitimate profit) that he might

more

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might very easily have made

a

large fortune, without. running any serious risk of official

censure.

t he has, in so

in

fact.

Where de

far

as I can ascertain, abstained from all land purchase and

carefully avoided all other acte which could in an

any

into

conflict

the

-way bring public, and his private

interests, with the result that

he retires from the service

a

a poor

Jnan

10.

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