Gascoigne's derf. No. 253 of the 14th of June
2. I shall be glad if informed whether it is proposed that the Land Court shall continue in existence for the purpose of hearing and determining claims to rent in the New Territory, after the work of dealing with claims in relation to the ownership of land, for which it was appointed, has been brought to an end.
3. From the report noted in the margin, it is clear that it was intended that when that Court had finished its work over the New Territory it should be formally dissolved, and it appears to me hardly necessary to establish a permanent Court for the purpose of hearing rent cases, if in the territory any Court upon which the jurisdiction created by this ordinance could equally conveniently be conferred will be carried out.
4. I do not understand the statement in the report of the Acting Attorney General, which implies that claims for rent in the New Territory have hitherto been heard in Victoria. I understood that...