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been great, for while on the one

hand it was

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bound to

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the

don of inquiry into the existence

the

of alleged abuces, it was on other, it's rovious duty to prevent if porcible the scandal which there

rublic contentions between high functionaries necessarily create, and which the circumstances

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the Colony have tended mat materially to aggravate

I have thought it decirable

any complaints

8 in order to prevent

part of the Gentlernen

on

the

the whole

concerned to send to you of the correspondence which has wached the Government anim

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refer to the Memorandum of the Flonial Secretary for a Statement! of its official action in this matter. I bes, to say that I entirely approve

of the course Mt Mercer has

pursued.

That it would have been most desirable (if possible) to

from

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prevent these discutes beoming as they have become

elements for

for ministering to ireal

prejudices and passions is obvious, and even becoming effort been made on my

has

my part for this

Abject _ but without suceus. When the question of the

proceedings of Mr. Mitchell as Shang

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