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Connected with the present vote, The Colonial Document, and his present recommendation is confined to pressing that the Colony should discharge the sum of £116,000 as originally arranged,
With reference to the concluding paragraphs of your letter, Mr. Manhard is afraid that there is some difficulty, which has not been fully conveyed to Lord Murtheford. The letter treats the difficulty in referring to an advance made by the Colony to prevent the actual stopping of the works, presumably on account of the Vote of £110,000. The facts as represented to this Department are that it has been necessary to advance