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he might reasonably have expected.

5.

Unquestionably Mr. Forth would have been a higher class Officer, if he had been more -fertile in expedients with limited

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but the same observation applics "mutatio mutandis" to all parties concerned including the Administration of the Government.

of on whom in Executive Conneil devolved - as remarked in the Treasury letter - the starting M. Forth on his duties by fixing and publishing the rates for the Year 1864 in the Gazette and

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it must be remembered that in the absence of responsible Government the Officer administering here is himself the actual head

and source

of general action of the Government. His interference therefore might have been earlier and

of a more

moverment in the

vigorous character.

This is

apparent in various ways as for example when W. Forth in November 1863 drew attention to the non-insertion by the valuators in their tables

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the

occupants" Hr. Hr. Ar. he was told that the valuators "would be so instructed". whereas