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and M. Goodman, in the opinion he advised gave me to withhold my assent until I was satisfied that every shareholder of the Company had expressed his willingness that the Bill should become law in its present shape.
I accordingly caused the substance of this opinion to be communicated to Messrs Wotton and Deacon, the solicitors for the Company.
Enclosure 2 14th April 1896.
Enclosure 8. The Company and shortly afterwards the Company addressed a letter, copy enclosed, to the Colonial Secretary, dated 9th April 1890.
From this letter Your Lordship will see the reasons why the Directors urge the desirability of passing such a law as the one in question, and their references as to what has been done in England and in the Straits Settlements in regard to the same question. The Directors