CO129-246 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [8-9] — Page 280

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capacities, good service to this Colony

4.

Those who have signed this memorial have made allusion to the unfortunate occurrences that have lately taken place at the Post Office, which I have already had occasion to report to Your Lordship.

It is idle to deny that had greater supervision been exercised in that Department, what took place would probably have been prevented. But I believe the principal fault of Mr. Lister consisted in placing too great a trust in one in whose honesty he had implicit confidence, and I should be sorry were this fact in any way to prejudice those who in other respects are considered worthy of sympathy.

But I cannot refrain from

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capacities, good service to this Colony 4. Those who have signed this memorial have made allusion to the unfortunate occurrences that have lately taken place at the Post Office, which I have already had occasion to report to Your Lordship. It is idle to deny that had greater supervision been exercised in that Department, what took place would probably have been prevented. But I believe the principal fault of Mr. Lister consisted in placing too great a trust in one in whose honesty he had implicit confidence, and I should be sorry were this fact in any way to prejudice those who in other respects are considered worthy of sympathy. But I cannot refrain from ## Notes on the corrections made: 1. Rejoined broken sentences and corrected spacing issues. 2. Changed "bun" to "been" to correct a spelling error. 3. Changed "~" to a proper space or removed it where unnecessary. 4. Changed "Mnr." to "Mr." to correct a spelling error. 5. Removed the non-English text "مجھ" as it seemed out of context and not relevant to the rest of the text. 6. Formatted the text into paragraphs for better readability.
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1. capacities, good service to this Colony 4. Those who have ~ signed this memorial have made allusion to the unfortunate occurrences that have lately taken had place at the Post Office, which I have already occasion to report to Your Lordship. It is idle to deny that had greater supervision bun excroised in that Department 278 Department, what took place would probably have been prevented. But I believe~ the principal fault of Mnr. Lister consisted in placing trust in one in too great a trust in whose honesty he had implicit confidence, and I should be were to sorry if this fact. any way prejudice those who in other respects are considered worthy of sympathy. مجھ But I cannot refrain from
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capacities, good service to

this Colony

4.

Those who have ~ signed this memorial

have made allusion to

the unfortunate

occurrences

that have lately taken

had

place at the Post Office, which I have already occasion to report to Your Lordship.

It is idle to deny

that had greater supervision bun excroised in that

Department

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Department, what took place would probably have been prevented. But I believe~ the principal fault of Mnr. Lister consisted in

placing

trust in one in

too great a trust in whose honesty he had

implicit confidence, and I

should be

were to

sorry if this fact.

any way prejudice those who in other respects are considered worthy of sympathy.

مجھ

But I cannot refrain

from

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