that "the ordinance did not apply to a "Government Agent collecting Emigrants " who do not pay for their passages"
No official Communication was ever made to Mr Austin on the subject - The day the question was referred to the Attorney General, Mr Austin happened to call upon me when
T 5 374 of the act should be applied to such a Scheme of Emigration as the one upon which he (Mr Austin) was Employed - A few days afterwards Mr Austin again called upon me, and I informed him that the question had been finally disposed of by the decision of the Attorney General which I mentioned to him No "attempt," therefore, such as described by Mr Austin, was made - I mentioned casually in conversation - that such a point had been mooted and had been referred to the Law adviser, but that I considered, whatever his decision might be as to the legal effect of the wording of the Ordinance, it was never the intention of the Legislature, nor was it desirable, that the provisions ever made by this Government, was the decision arrived at either temporary, or likely to be changed, stated by him - nor as
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