which without further
calculation I am not able
"
to decide; but it may engage the attention of the Justice at the next Licensing Day
in November.
(Signed) W. S. Mercer
8th March, 1861.
I. P.
(True Copy)
Thos Ahmada Castrol for the Colonial Secretary.
(Copy)
22
With regard to Sir Hope Grant's first suggestion
I conceive in my capacity Justice of the Peace I am
not called upon to give
that
av
opinion but I remark that any enactment
I may be passed previous to the next Licensing day, altering or adding
to the
terms of the License will be looked on as a breach of
faith
on the part of the Government who have received a certain fee, which fee was paid under
the idea that all conditions &