The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74
Wellington, 25th May
Wellington,
25th May.
The Hon. J. G. Ward.
Dear Sir,—I have received your letter of the 23rd inst., and now reply seriatim to your queries as follows:—
1. | So far as I know you were not at the time of the banking legislation consulted as to the terms of the agreement which afterwards took place between the two banks, nor were you consulted on that particular matter at any subsequent time. |
2. | I am not aware that you made any representations to have any account in which you were interested placed in any particular list. |
3. | You were not advised by me, or, so far as I know, by anyone else, as to where or how it was intended to deal with any account whatsoever. |
4. | I am not aware that you, or any other member of the Goverment, were cognisant of the position in which any account was placed when taken over. |
—I am, &c.,
W. Watson, President.