CO129-259 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [5-8] — Page 432

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constitution of the Committee consisting of the Honourable Mr Chater, yourself, and Mr. May, with the Chief Justice as Chairman; you have therefore finally declined to serve on the Committee.

A perusal of the narrative contained in the foregoing letter will, I venture to think, satisfy Your Lordship that not only was I most anxious to give effect to Your Lordship's instruction with the least avoidable delay, but also that I made every endeavour possible, compatibly with the terms of that instruction, to meet Mr. Whitehead's wishes regarding the constitution of the Retrenchment Committee. I have now the honour to solicit Your Lordship's further instructions. The difficulty is this. As I have

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30 31 427 4. constitution of the Committee consisting of the Honourable Mr Chater, yourself, and Mr. May, with the Chief Justice as Chairman; you have therefore finally declined to serve on the Committee. A perusal of the narrative contained in the foregoing letter will, I venture to think, satisfy Your Lordship that not only was I most anxious to give effect to Your Lordship's instruction with the least avoidable delay, but also that I made every endeavour possible, compatibly with the terms of that instruction, to meet Mr. Whitehead's wishes regarding the constitution of the Retrenchment Committee. I have now the honour to solicit Your Lordship's further instructions. The difficulty is this. As I have
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30 31 427 4. constitution of the Committee consisting of the Honourable Mr Chater, yourself, and Mr. May, with the Chief Justice as Chairman; ~ you have therefore finally declined to serve and the Committee. A perusual of the narrative contained in I the foregoing letter will, venture to think, satisfy only that Your Lordship not only I was most anxious to give effect effect to Your Lordship's instruction with the least but also avoidable delay, every endeavour. that I made that was possible, compatibly with the terms of that. instruction, to meet Mr. ~ Whitehead's wishes regarding the constitution of the Retrenchment Committee. I have now the. 5. honour to solicit Your Lordship's further instructions, The difficulty is this. As I have
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constitution of the Committee consisting of the Honourable Mr Chater, yourself, and Mr. May, with the Chief Justice as Chairman; ~ you have therefore finally declined to serve

and

the Committee.

A perusual of

the narrative contained in

I

the foregoing letter will, venture to think, satisfy

only that

Your Lordship not only I was most anxious to give

effect

effect to Your Lordship's

instruction with the least

but also

avoidable

delay,

every

endeavour.

that I made

that was

possible, compatibly

with the terms of that. instruction, to meet Mr. ~ Whitehead's wishes regarding the constitution of the

Retrenchment Committee. I have now the.

5.

honour to solicit Your

Lordship's further instructions, The difficulty is this. As I

have

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