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Accordingly, in a despatch to the Mecretory of State dated the 19th December, 1910, His Excellency recommended that
bear the loss to the extent Commander Taylor should sinn/3750 (1.0./on
one month's pay).
Air Harcourt approvou His Excellency's recommendation in a despatch dated the 23rd February, 1311. In the meantime on the 1st February, 1311 Commander Taylor loft lonkong for England on leave of absence: the decision of the Secretary of State Was, therefore communicated to him in a lotter from the Colonial Secretary dated the 50th larch, addressed c/o the Crown Agonte. Commander Taylor must, of course, have known of his liabilities under Gulonial Office rulos 220 and 27% from the date on which the defalcations were detected: in fact he wrote in paragraph 10 of a minute dated the 3rd November, 1910:- "That I am tochnically responsible for the dofloatlons of the shroff, i admit". Commander sylor
statou in paragraph 4 of his loster of 1st June that between November, 1910 and the let February, 1011, in spite of re- peated inquiries, he was unable to elicit nything further than the information which I gave him verbally that his case would probably be considered by Executive Concil; but, on searching the correspondencs, I cannot find a vingls letter from Comamier Taylor making any inquiry with regard to the mattor.
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Commander Taylor complains that from the late Colonial Docrotury, bir Henry day, and from Ar A.1.Thomson, whon acting ne Colonial Secretary: * he met with opposition to his ovory suggos- tion, slights, personal animus, espionage, concealment from him of mattere vital to his department, ovasivo and contradictory replies to questions as to such mattere, petty annoyances, and that every possible difficulty was plecod in his way (paragraph
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