6.
Such then being the case
had I read Sir Stercules Robinson's
Minute as it undoubtedly is to be read, it would have been
me to consider Mr.
necessary for Magniac's application of 12 April 1865 on the ground of equity, for as M. Maquiae certainly understood Sir Hercules Robinson
to allow compensation on resumption, he would have pressed the claim
made in that letter_ in other
words,
the
point
would
after
all
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to these I do not
have to be decided on it's merits.
hesitate to
that the Government
could not expect any
say
me
to lay
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out the sum of $880 on ground
benefit further
from which is than the conversion of a swamp
was to be derived, and which the Government itself would have to drain before long._ It seems to therefore that the point
me
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resolves itself into this, the relation the sum paid to the work done, and this is settled by Mr. Wilson's Certificate of 19th April 1865.
8.
I should add that both
M. Maquine and Mr Wilson seem to have had verbal
Communication with Sir Stercules Robinson on
the subject, and it
is probable that from such
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