CO129-259 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [5-8] — Page 557

little surprise, and that he feels himself precluded by that refusal from making any further ottempt

You

to constitute a Committe.

point out, however, that the aban. dornment

of

the Committee dos

not necessarily

donment

shen

of

all

involve the oban.

into the

enquiry expenditure of the Colony. You

proceed to review the circumus. tances which led up to the attempts that have been made; to appoint a Committee, and that have followed.

them, and

cording

conclude

you

by ae me the permission, Sasked for, to publish the whole of correspondence on the subject, an

by requesting

at an

early

cafe.

1

the

J.

551

I regret that I have not

been able to disentangle your very

long

and

very complicated state. ment, and to prepare a reply

to

the

serious

very

charges

there brought

against

me,

within the

week,

, you

good

ood as to allot me. I

have taken time to

repause all

correspondence on the

nce on the subject,

the co

and all

my

utterances, about

retrenchment, and the Retrench.

ment Committee, and I thank

I shall now be able to

public,

that

ana

able to satisfy

the Secretary

satisfy the

of

State.

very

wholly-

your very personal and

direct attack on

nce is

without justification, also that it

and

uice to let

you

have

is not

date, and in triple-

any representation

Imay

desire to make to the Right Honour.

able the se

Colonies.

Secretary of State for

I who

ought to be held res.

forwvible for the failure

on the_

part of the Government to carry out the sinstructions of the Colonial office.

the

4.

I have no desire to addres

Her