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No doubt he conceives he is right, exercising a similar power in initiating prosecutions under the Deportation Ordinance without any communication with me. On the general question involved in this, and on the details of the Crown Land case, Mr. Phillippe is preparing a statement of his views, which I shall soon have the honor of laying before your Lordships.
6. In the report, I am herewith enclosing, Your Lordships will see that the Chief Justice remarked that the Deportation Ordinance of 1857 had been passed "in a time of panic", that "it was an Extraordinary Ordinance, and should be construed with Extraordinary Caution". When the Supreme Court has decided the point, I shall transmit to Your Lordships a copy of the judgment, with the Attorney General's report upon it.
I have the honor to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
Governor.