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responsibility. The general conditions
now prevailing locally may be looked on
as suggesting that there are genuine well-
founded reasons for the relative failure
of the Association to attract support
from the commercial interests in the
on the poesial-time.
Colony
These circumstances will, it
may be hoped, be only temporary and the
confronting
problem concerning the Association may
reasonably be regarded as one of tiding
over the present difficult period. I
appreciate the useful work which such an
Association can perform te promote the
tent
numbers and amenities of visiting tourists
and I trust that it may be possible for
arrangements to be made for the Association to
continue as an unofficial body with some
minimum basis of financial support from
public funds, even though its activities
may
might be required to be reduced temporarily
I shall be obliged if you will endeavour
to