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23th It will be evident from the foregoing pages and the prevent elato of the Revenice. that this Colony ( particularly during

the contineante

of hostilities, during any further delays in the settlement.

of

the

more

Canton difficulty) cannot be a

self supporting colony.

245.

Under existing circumstances the local administration, find great

embarrassment in raising

arz

additional Revenue, the object is

constantly kept in

view, and

everything

could

is being done that conte property be undertaken under the present crisis, to improve the revenue_ but, the best considered Financial scheme depends, at this moment, on political contingencies

unlikely

to defeat all calculation 25: I do not see, solong

the

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