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this lot in particular,

to be excessive - and as

the appoint.

the Committee in

the object of

of question

ment

а

was

to obtain

general settlement

of

the land question, and to

put

a

stop to the continual

reference of

isolated cases

to the Secretary of State,

eve

were not, we

confess,

expect

that

would so

ooon

prepared to

Lord Grey

have been called on

to consider a case

of

again this

1

nature. We have before

stated that we

can

scarcely

scarcely venture to pronounce

an

opinion

om

this case in

opposition to the unanimous

recommendation

of

the

local fovernment - but

we must add, that the present papers do not appear

to

мо

to shew

any strong

grounds for that recommendation, and that we cannot but apprehend

that this

case,

if

conceded, will form

a

precedent which will be very injurious ultimately to the Colonial Revenue_

and which must at once

neutralize

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