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nefarious practices.

5. Tonly regret that for a long period after receipt of Your Grace's despatch above mentioned of September last,

mm

year Juar

was

under the impression that by smithing the only portions of the former Ordinance to which objection had been tatten I would have been authorized sto proclaim a fresh Ordinance substantially the same with the exception of those omifsions. I found however that

Ordinance of

I

any

the kind must first be transmitted to

and official

notice given me of

England Her Majectip's approval of it, before

I could proclaim it in the balony, notinthatinding

that I had been previously apprized

there

was

mo

objection to its provisions.

that

to. This has caused some delay

puitting in force a useful

in

measure, but

the other hand it has led to the

introduction of some fresh provisions, which

I think will be found to render the enclosed

a

considerable

of last.

year,

improvement on the Ordinance

I trust therefore to receive

and

early notification of Her Majesty's confirmation of it.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord Duke,

Your Grace's most cbestient, humble Sewant,

Hechend Rancy Macdonnell

Governor.