2.
75
before Parliament
as the protest of the
20 Residents here against further payments
fof the Mailitary Contribution.
the
12. A Reform Apeciation has been recently established here, of which the Secretary is Mr Sinnett, the present Editor
of the principal local journal. The "Daily
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Trep. The clifect of the apociation is to
suk by
direct
appeal
to Parliament
means
of influencing ober Mapsty's Government
on
questions, which the majority of the
residents consider to have been decided
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13.
a manner adverse to their
adverse to their wishes,
I have received neither a copy of the enclosed Petition from the, Afoociation,
any request to communicate with
Your Guice
on the subject. I therefore
presume the intention of the Apociation
is to pass by the Governor
becretary of State in the
and the
in the matter, and
Parliamentary
enlist the aid of
prepure
some
on Her Majesty's Government.
H. The latter will no doubt decide for themselves the policy proper to adopt in the event of any Parliamentary action resulting from the inclosed petition. It
any
is my diety, however, to point out statements of the petition which are incorrect so that Your Space may not be misled by my
silence, and infer
from their being uncontradicted that
they
are
therefore accurate.
5. The greater portion of the petition based on official documents from which