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Kothings. 12/5.
In 1905 "the great majority of the contribu- tors and all of the Directors, except the Chairman, were
opposed to the transfer of the Fund"
Now 406 have either expressed their approval or raised
no objections to the proposals of Government while only
37 of those consulted are opposed to the transfer and
none of these dissentients except Sir F.Piggott desires to
press their views.
This is very satisfactory. It shows that even
Colonial officers can sometimes be persuaded by full
explanations, especially when those explanations receive independent corroboration such as the discovery that no
insurance company would offer as good terms as are con-
tained in the Government scheme.
We can now send copy of Ordinance and despatch to Mr Young and ask him for a memorandum showing clearly what particulars he will want for the valuation and how
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