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DRAFT.
Si W. Rohusen K. C.M.G.
Hungting no 25
MINUTE.
Mr. Johnston
Mr. Lucas
Mr. Fairfield.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Mr. Burton,
Marquess of Ripon.
No 8166
Des,
4 Feb. 1895
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 265 of December 8th of last year, reporting that you had decided that Squatters should be in future exempted from the payment of rates, owing to the difficulty experienced in collecting from ... these clandestine occupiers.
I presume that ...