CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 52

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«TarjeigeЯ

Sir,

Government House,

Hongkong, 8th. April, 1909.

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I have the honour to acknowledge your two

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letters of March 31st. and April 1st. on the subject of Mr.

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Seth and the status of the Registrar. As these letters form a

continuation of the correspondence forwarded to the Secretary

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nuo varit bistte må I hus ¡dnomðraqet aido ni arestanlov vino

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of State they will be of course transmitted, and I leave Lord

Crewe to form his own opinion on the contents of the former

letter. I have nothing at all to add to what I have already

written to Your Honour on this subject, but with regard to your

repeated complaint that I did not hold an enquiry into the

charge preferred by you against Mr. Seth simply because he

chose to deny it, I may point out that the "charge" was not one

of misconduct but simply that he had made certain statements

which be denied

in reference to the Colonial Secretary's action he deemed

having made. An enquiry in such a matter would seem to me to be

futile, and inadvisable, nor did I say or infer (as stated by

Your Honour) that it was necessary your recollection of what

had passed some months previously that was at fault, or that

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any misunderstanding had necessarily arisen on your side and not

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