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Law

Officers

Land

Board

lake his chance of ctie laws which it might

have

pleased any of

the several

Legislatures

on Australia to pass on it is subject.

greater would be the evil

of

Still

perhaps in groups numerous little Cotonces lying together,

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the west Indies. A merchant might send his ships

- seck for Passengers at Quiana, and of disappoints there might intend to try some

etra neighbourny of Colonies; but how could be make his calculations

he

were

likely to meet with a

different low

at Trinidad, and another at Grenada, and lo

on through all the petty

Islands?

Seconds, there would be

fantastic legislation :

2

a

chance.

of

Thirdly, there would be a chance of passionate Legislation, such as the Arctation

Colonies would

of Laborers to

dright for

a

H

Legislation,

pars

ass when

angry

at an

Emigration

any place which like California,

time attract them

More.

Fourthly, There might be interested

such as that which have to send back Coolies to India at

of the West India Colonies

expense

their own

There would be tempted to make the law much too Easy.

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Writing within the rallo Office it must be quite needless to submit that the Veto would afford.

d no remedy. When

Parliament had enacted that the Colonies

it is subject,

aught to legislate

are

ct, what minister

here could be expected to continue rejecting

Colonial tote on the

e ground

d cleat dog do

more with que

general

Model? The

hot square

answer would be very fairly, that if clixt

: clixe

were

A

Valid objection,

Parlament should.

not have renowned the function of legislativg

upon iters as an

Imperial Rubjich.

Shere

are the grounds

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which Ishould feel much hesitation in

one for

offering up the present matter as one

window

of Colonial

the

Legislators . On the other hand In Frederick Rogers has remarked to me

that even in this Country it is

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Render the details.

of

ttie het su

difficult to sufficiently

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pliable, and that much more must it be

so to render chem applicable to the Endless Variety of circumstances in our different

Colonies; and dist chere is not so much

ciat

donger of

the Local Legislatures doing

karm.