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6.

Such then being the case

had I read Sir Stercules Robinson's

Minute as it undoubtedly is to be read, it would have been

me to consider Mr.

necessary for Magniac's application of 12 April 1865 on the ground of equity, for as M. Maquiae certainly understood Sir Hercules Robinson

to allow compensation on resumption, he would have pressed the claim

made in that letter_ in other

words,

the

point

would

after

all

7.

and

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to these I do not

have to be decided on it's merits.

hesitate to

that the Government

could not expect any

say

me

to lay

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out the sum of $880 on ground

benefit further

from which is than the conversion of a swamp

was to be derived, and which the Government itself would have to drain before long._ It seems to therefore that the point

me

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resolves itself into this, the relation the sum paid to the work done, and this is settled by Mr. Wilson's Certificate of 19th April 1865.

8.

I should add that both

M. Maquine and Mr Wilson seem to have had verbal

Communication with Sir Stercules Robinson on

the subject, and it

is probable that from such

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