Hence it might be left to them to pass it out or not. If it is ineffective it can be repeated.
The Attorney General's objection that it is in violation of freedom of Contract would apply equally to Adulteration Acts, the law forbidding the Chinese habit of selling one's self as a substitute for a condemned criminal, and the law against slave Trade.
(It is curious how antiquated these Colonial officials get!)
As the bill is to be brought in this month, I suggest that it may be left to the unofficial Member to decide.
Sw 7/10
& suggest its being poked in force for three years at first. Eh 7/10/90
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I think they supposing it is not a bad idea,
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I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that at the last meeting of the Legislative Council before the recess, a Bill was introduced
The Right Honourable
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