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seriousness and gravity of it, even up to the day of trial,

fearing on the one hand that the evidence might fail and that

I might be accused of bringing so serious a charge without suf-

-ficient care and on the other hand that I had perhaps taken

too much upon myself in the desire to save the Officer in

question.

I most respectfully submit that the

nervous strain to which I have lately been put together with

the serious fact of having incurred His Excellency's grave

displeasure is sufficient punishment for my faults in the

matter and 1 would humbly and earnestly request His Excellency

to reconsider his decision as contained in the second para-

-graph of your letter, so that I may be spared, if possible,

the still more serious punishment of a reprimand from the

Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

I have etc.,

(Sd.) J. Bell,

Superintendent.