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arqmfuthetic and
in an equally accommodating
tand
spirit and without toe strict
a regard to the letter of
Card
conclusions arrived at a
In this connection
generation ago,
He wouly OPO-
he desires to
of 12d A. C.
See Eastern 124, 14.49-50.
crer draw the attention to the
view
elinien expressed by Lord
Haliburton, who acted as Chairman
of the Interdepartmental
Committee of 1895. In a memo-
randum dated the 8th of June,
1899, he included the following
expression of opinion: "If we
wish to preserve the contribu-
tions, we should now, having
established our right after great
controversy, exercise it with
very great moderation, and should
meet the Colonies with every
concession that is consistent with
the preservation of the contri-
butions"