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most tempting facilities for private speculation by acting in conjunction with outside agencies to which solicitations Genl Gregory [[strikethrough]] refused to listen or [[/strikethrough]] neglected to act upon, though earnestly assured that justice to all parties required that by far the most important part of the office duties should be in charge of a good responsible officer, and not a clerk of whom he knew nothing or had no particular reason to trust, and further that the duties of the Division required the conferment of considerable discretionary powers upon the person in charge, to insure the prompt transaction of business, and that business was necessarily delayed from day to day for the lack of such powers by the clerk in charge. In the face of which urgent representations General Gregory neglected to appoint an officer or authorized agent to act but compeled [[strikethrough]] Mr Hel [[/strikethrough]] the said clerk to perform the duties of the division under the most