CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 76

2.

75

before Parliament

as the protest of the

20 Residents here against further payments

fof the Mailitary Contribution.

the

12. A Reform Apeciation has been recently established here, of which the Secretary is Mr Sinnett, the present Editor

of the principal local journal. The "Daily

#1

Trep. The clifect of the apociation is to

suk by

direct

appeal

to Parliament

means

of influencing ober Mapsty's Government

on

questions, which the majority of the

residents consider to have been decided

Lin

13.

a manner adverse to their

adverse to their wishes,

I have received neither a copy of the enclosed Petition from the, Afoociation,

any request to communicate with

Your Guice

on the subject. I therefore

presume the intention of the Apociation

is to pass by the Governor

becretary of State in the

and the

in the matter, and

Parliamentary

enlist the aid of

prepure

some

on Her Majesty's Government.

H. The latter will no doubt decide for themselves the policy proper to adopt in the event of any Parliamentary action resulting from the inclosed petition. It

any

is my diety, however, to point out statements of the petition which are incorrect so that Your Space may not be misled by my

silence, and infer

from their being uncontradicted that

they

are

therefore accurate.

5. The greater portion of the petition based on official documents from which