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A
obviating the worst evils,
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afford
a fair prospect if not of their ultimate complete suppression, yet of their ceasing to be a scandal in our midst as at present.
18.
The enclosed opinion of the Attorney General deals very fully with the most important details of the Ordinance, though by going through it section by section it fails to give a comprehensive view of its general scope. It will however supply much information which it has not been necessary for me to embody in this despatch, and I consider the Government greatly indebted to Mr. Ball for the laborious and patient assistance which he has afforded in draughting and revising the enclosed Ordinance.
19.
I have not yet alluded to the division of the expenses which the contemplated legislation must create.
I quite admit that this Government has a duty to perform in the matter wholly irrespective of the considerations affecting the welfare of His Majesty's Forces, but there can be no doubt that the question of expense arises at an inopportune moment, because it would be impossible for the Colony under any circumstances not to take early action for the enlargement and improvement of the existing...