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operation, there would have been_abundant-

time_ for its temperate discussion; and the

excited tone, which was

the natural result.

of this short notice would. have been- prevented.. This

specifically alluded.

to by the memorialists ·

It was notwithstanding judged.

in Council- that the intemperate.

the remonstrance should be-

right.. Language of the first with drawn, before they would. give- quection; and when this had been done, the founeil_ deemed themselves at liberty to reconsider- the Ordinance, and indeed-bound to

consideration to the matters in

evince a

spirit- of justice. and moderation-

in reviewing

the

points objected to. Tabserve- that I t Bouring (who has a son. here in- the house of Jardine & ", a firm always either openly or covertly opposed to the folonial Government ) took me to tack_

for-

"

for modifying my

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own Ordinance; and thus

lessoned. I shall be tenacious in

ture to

future.

refor all questions of the kind. for the decision of Her Majesty's Government - .

Th

· principal complaint of the reformed to the of the process by which the Registry

Merchants

nature

inquisitorial

was to be accomplished__, and the latitude.

Registrar; and

of discretion confided to the

difficulty in removing

there was no

objections.

these-

Th Attorney General - entertained_

come doubts as to the legality of a capitation. Tay, and this

was

the Ordinance in

accordingly left out of

be

question, being thereby only postponed, but not abandoned turning to the other fotonics, I observe that at the Cape there is a Capitation Tax of / on all excepting Military Officers on full-

and, at the Mauritius, a certificate.

pay;