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that this Excellency will lay this our protest on the table of the Council and will forward
any Bile that may be passed to the Right Honourable the Secritary of State for
it with
the Colonies.
1. We respectfully submit that the Bill for asortaining the armurts to be paid to us by way of compensation for our Wharves and Piers, now be fore the Council, is in
Very Bill affecting
priate rights,
and affe.
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affecting, directly interacts of proparty. 2. His Excelling seems to be of opinion that because, originally, we had no rights to
compereatin,
reminal, an
as
against the broww, for
there for have no therefore
to as interente
sight
now. The Secretary of State was of opinio that morally w had
very strong Saim to compensation, not against the brow it is true, beit against the Marime Got Holders who profit largely by the prazo reclamation scherme How suggested that they should be squint to give
compensation. The quastion of compense - ation was put be for thien at a public meeting
and
lio
they agreed that we should have not fuer compensatin but fair compensation and they noted to add $180.000 to the cast of the ridamation to cover that item. The 7180000,