survey with all practicable speed, and subject to the above remark, we have the honor to state
that we
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have no objection to any
of the foregoing measures. -
We would however recommend
that two or three copies of Captain Dawson's Report, which has been found so useful in a
variety of Colonies, should likewise be forwarded to Sir Henry Pottinger for his information, and for the adoption of its principles so far
as circumstances will admit.
With regard to the allusion in Sir Henry Pottinger's Despatch
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of the 6th of April, to granting Land to the numerous applicants who have long been waiting for it, we
ought perhaps to mention that we presume such grants will only be made in conformity with the rules laid down in Mr. Stephen's letter to
Mr. Addington dated 16th January 1843, and
that we trust those
rules will be clearly understood
as fairly
prohibiting the alienation of any Land except for a substantial consideration,
either in the nature of
an absolute price or of a
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