Letter 12 Aug. 1880
over which the experiments lasted. These
Arena.
completed in about two months and, the purchase of the property having been concluded by us, we, on the 12th August, wrote to the Acting Colonial Secretary, applying for a license to enable us to operate there.
Letter 19 Aug. 1880
ceived no response.
C.S.D. No.1030
to carry on operations.
On 19th August, having received no reply to our application, we ventured to request that it might receive the Governor's early attention. On the same day, the Acting Colonial Secretary informed us that it was under consideration.
Letter 20 Aug. 1880
On the next day, we again pressed the matter and, on the 24th of the month, we were, by direction of His Excellency, informed that a license would be granted subject to the payment of a fee of $2000 for the ensuing twelve months as fixed by the Governor in Council.
C.S.O. No.1201
16 Sept. 1880
The Governor's decision to increase the fee twenty times over, thus curtly expressed, took us greatly by surprise. Our surprise had not been lessened by His Excellency's subsequent refusal to reconsider the matter on the ground that the decision had been made.