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shall be only placed before the Legislative Council, when the Draft Ordinance shall also be submitted for adoption by that body.

But as this Ordinance

can

passed at

any

time,

and there is no immediate

occasion for it, your Lordship's instructions being that nothing

is to be done under it until receipt of further directions, I

trust your Grace will approve my delaying for a time the application to the Council.

As far as

I can see, no inconvenience can arise from

delay, as care shall be taken

that the Council and the public

have full and sufficiently early opportunity of considering the question, and in the meantime

information on the subject (at present but scanty) will possibly be increased from various quarters.

I take occasion to ask if

it be necessary

to retain the

word "Silver" in the first

paragraph of the draft Ordinance,

as it seems to me

that

if a

regular Mint be established here it would be well to have out the dies already made for

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248 shall be only placed before the Legislative Council, when the Draft Ordinance shall also be submitted for adoption by that body. But as this Ordinance 3. can be passed at any time, and there is no immediate occasion for it, your Lordship's instructions being that nothing is to be done under it until receipt of further directions, I trust your Grace will approve my delaying for a time the application to the Council. 4. As far as I can see, no inconvenience can arise from delay, as care shall be taken that the Council and the public have full and sufficiently early opportunity of considering the question, and in the meantime information on the subject (at present but scanty) will possibly be increased from various quarters. I take occasion to ask if it be necessary to retain the word "Silver" in the first paragraph of the draft Ordinance, as it seems to me that if a regular Mint be established here it would be well to have out the dies already made for

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248 chall be only placed before the Legislative Council, when the Kraft Ordinance shall also be cubmitted for adoption by that body. But as this broinance 3. Can be passed at any time, and there is no immediate occasion for it, your bercis instructions being that nothing is to be done under it until receipt of further directions, I trust your Grace will approve my delaying for a time the application to the Council. 4. far as to inconvenience, I see, can arise from مه J as care shall be taken that the Council and the public have full and sufficiently early opportuniti of considering the question, and in the meantime information on the subject. (at present but scanty) will possibly be increased from various Quarters. I take occasion to ask if it be necessar to retain the word "Silver" in the first paragrash of the draft Ordinance, as it seems to me that if regular Mint be established here it would be well to have out the dies already made for

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chall be only placed before the Legislative Council, when the Kraft Ordinance shall also be cubmitted for adoption by that

body.

But as this broinance

Can

passed at

any

time,

and there is no immediate

occasion for it, your bercis instructions being that nothing

is to be done under it until receipt of further directions, I

trust your

Grace will approve my delaying for a time the application to the Council.

far

to inconvenience, I see, can arise from

مه

as care shall be taken

that the Council and the public

have full and sufficiently early opportuniti of considering the question, and in the meantime

information on the subject. (at present but scanty) will possibly be increased from various Quarters.

I take occasion to ask if

it be necessar