CO129-258 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [1-4] — Page 661

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It is contended that the Secretary of State had not intended that he should undertake financial instructives, and that he would require an addition to his staff. This would be a fair defence if he were charged with not having performed such work, but as has already been shown, if he had done what he is doing now, that is, if he had signed receipts himself and taken the other precautions mentioned at the end of the last paragraph but one, he would have effectively rendered defalcation impossible without necessitating any addition to his staff. On the whole, I deeply regret that with every desire to take the most favourable view of his actions, it is my duty to acquit him.

17. As stated in my letter, after reading the report of the Commission and the evidence taken by the Acting Colonial Secretary, it became my duty to consider whether it was in the public interest to interdict Frenc... from the discharge of his duties.

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655 It is contended that the Secretary of State had not intended that he should undertake financial instructives, and that he would require an addition to his staff. This would be a fair defence if he were charged with not having performed such work, but as has already been shown, if he had done what he is doing now, that is, if he had signed receipts himself and taken the other precautions mentioned at the end of the last paragraph but one, he would have effectively rendered defalcation impossible without necessitating any addition to his staff. On the whole, I deeply regret that with every desire to take the most favourable view of his actions, it is my duty to acquit him. 17. As stated in my letter, after reading the report of the Commission and the evidence taken by the Acting Colonial Secretary, it became my duty to consider whether it was in the public interest to interdict Frenc... from the discharge of his duties. He has had... Page 655 appears to be a part of a larger document, potentially a government or official report. The text discusses a controversy surrounding an individual's actions and the measures that could have been taken to prevent certain issues. The original OCR output contained numerous errors, which have been corrected to provide a more coherent and readable text. Page information is kept as is, with "655" likely indicating a page number, though the exact formatting (e.g., "Page 655") is not present in the provided snippet. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML tags as per the instructions.
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