Excerpt from Historical Records of Australia, Vol. 12: Series I, Governors' Despatches to and From England, June 1825-December 1826Governor Darling, by character and training, was little suited for the government of a colony whose inhabitants were emerging from a period of long subservience, and were agitating for an extension of the meagre civil rights then granted. He was honour able and careful to a degree, but was cursed with a small mind, and displayed a woeful want of magnanimity. His long training at the Horse Guards in London had made him precise and methodical, and the attention he gave to small details often made him overlook the larger problems of his government. He was a strict disciplinarian, and, as he had long learned to give implicit Obedience to his superiors, he expected a like obedience from his subordinates, and was intolerant of any criticism of his orders or administration. These peculiarities gave scope for the malice of his enemies, who condemned the whole of his administration, and made him, at the date of his departure, the most unpopular of the governors who had administered the colony. He, how ever, created order Out of chaos in the public departments of the colony, although these reforms were somewhat marred by excessive detail, checks and counter - checks, which were inclined to delay and clog the wheels of government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.