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I had the honor to receive on the 27th llimo, through His Excellency Sir John Bowring the accompanying intimation of gour Opinion upon the Case of compisication of property submit to yord

Memorials dated aespechvely

the 10th of October and

in my

12th of November last year.

I should have accepted the reply thus communicated as the final decision of Her Majesty's Government reper the question, had I

not found that

you

" have conceived an erroneous impression which has no doubt entered inte and governed your judgment of the case.

my works

You intimate to me that if I thought proper to continue astying on the decision of an inforin Crust in my farm, I meet onget

consequences of that decision having proved erroneous,

bear the

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In explanation, Sir, I have the honor to inform you, that the inferior Court thus indicated, is not only the identical Court provided by the Ordinance itself and Charged with this special adjudication but it is the only Court This leads inevitably to the folowing conclusions First . I could hardly be expected to appeal against the decision of the appointed Court where that decision was in Recently . If the decesion had been the other so

The Right Homnable

Honey Labouston Mr. J.

Her Majesty's Secretary of State

for the Colonies.

mysun favor.

way,

I have it