CO129-038 - Sir Bonham - 1851 [10-12] & Public Offices - 1851 [10-12] — Page 254

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more

than fair. And

although

if

we

"admit that

the Land were

abandoned it would be

scarcely posible to enforce

the

conditions

of

the Lease

against the mea's Hegan's and that the fovernment

would be under the incon-

venient necessity of

to be uniformly successful.

The object of the appointment

of the Committee of Enquiry

en

а

1850

May satisfactory

Settlement

was

and

to obtain

final

the Land

question generally and

its proceedings will be rendered nugatory if

very

the

they

cases which th considered and decided,

resuming

the

property

yeṭ

even

this

result would,

are to be

re opened

and

we

for reduction

think, be better than

encouraging the continual

pressure on the fovernment

allowing such applications

reconsidered almost

immediately afterwards

This is the

second case

of

Rents, by

q

the kind in the short

period since the Committee

to

reported

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