between the Committee
and
this
Government up to the 13th October
1879 has already been forwarded
to
your
Lordship's predecessor
the Committee do not feel justified in further troubling your Lordship with the same
but they would respectfully
urge
that directions should
be given for the continuance
of the Government grant
whatever the decision
come
to
upon the basis of settlement)
referred to they would have
felt bound by it
and
they
would not have consented to
consider the matter in
the
way they did but for the expression of His Excellency the Governor's willingness to accede to
this mode of settling the
difficulty
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difficulty that has arisen.
I have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's
obedient Humble servant.
W. Lie
Chairman