10

166

די

again the

of

ally, instead of the detector,

Criminals is the advice tendured by

those who have no opportunity of adequately understanding the peculiar position of affiro here.

18. It is advice, which seems to me

so opposed to common sense, and to the Public interests that I hope it will not prevail. If the Revenue, which I have shewn to be the necepary concomitant of the existing policy, be the sole obijection, let it be thrown into the Sea us soon

as

paid, but do not let the hold, which

fit gives

the Government

over the Licensees,

be abandoned. I have not the slightest colipection to throwing it into the seae,

though

I think it would be

more

-...

e sensible

280

to build

a new

Hospital and

expend

it

rather

in various other useful ways,

than actually be quilty of wilfully

wasting mi ney, capable of being applied

to wise and

good purposes. Still I. think even that would be preferable to

reverting to the old state of things.

19. I have

never

suggested any use of

the money except in discharge of the unavoidable obligation springing from

the

this

mure

sense

fact of popeping it at all. In

the

question is alluded to in

Paragrapho 9 & 10 of my despatch N₤280.

дело оту 1587/17 In a similar way I gave

6887/67

on the 30th

of August to my Legislative launcil the fullest and most frant explanation in my power of the views of the Government

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