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of the Legislative Council in Committee, and of the
proceedings in Finance
Committee,-
e, - especially
latter. These
of
in the
reasons are ~
dealt with in the speech of the Colonial decretary which appears in the report
the proseedings, in opposition to the motion for reduation. Briefly stated, the contention of the unofficial members was that the
financial condition of the
Colony
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Colony requires the reduction
they moved.
Your~
which they
Lordship will, I trust, agree
with me in
thinking that the Colonial Decretary has conclusively disposed of the contention. I am of opinion that the unofficial members have entirely failed to make out their case, and I have grounds for believing that
the real reasons
of the motion having been made are
different from those advanced
in