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I now leave the matter in your Lordship's hands, in the most perfect confidence that you will do me the justice to believe that I have been actuated solely by a desire to do what is best for the interests of the great and important colony in which it is my privilege and pride to have been placed. I have, &c, Glasgow. The Eight Hon. Lord Knutsford, &c, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Downing Street, SW.

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