No. 18

I have received your Predecessor's Despatch No. 18 of the 8th of
April enclosing a letter, with copies of other documents from Mr. J.B.
Gaggin, a Stipendiary Magistrate in British Columbia, complaining of
having been suspended from his Office pending an investigation into the
state of his accounts, and of his ultimate removal from Douglas to
another Station. I do not feel satisfied by these papers of the
propriety of the course taken towards Mr. Gaggin, but I refrain from
expressing any decided opinion until I am in possession of a full report
from you on all the circumstances.

I enclose for your information copies of the several documents
which have reached me. You will be able to call upon Mr. Nind or Mr. Gaggin for any further explanations which you may find to be necessary
for the elucidation of the case.