73
in which matter were at the close of that
year may be well imagined
The
erefrected
which di
cerisequences as
might be
were disastrous and the evil
during the last
the last two quarters of
1863 became
gradually
apparent
a
small scale.
moueased mis magnitude
stil it reached the point at which the voluminous corresprendence before
the Commission the institution of this Enquirge.
commenced año led to
With reference to the frausage in the Letter of Instuctions to the Commission
in which it is stated that "it does not
appear
that this
mas
growing deficiency formally reported to the Colonial Secretary's Office until some time after the defracture