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his opposition on finding that he could not get the slightest support either in or out of the Council.

11.

As

regards the controversial aspect of what has been published by Mr Price and Mr. Ford, I accept the full responsibility of having - allowed the rival reports and letters to be

printed. Mr. Price's colleagues

on the Executive Council, Dr. Stewart

and Mr. O'Malley

coneur

me in thinking that he is

with

entirely

sorong in regarding Mr. Ford's report of

16th October 1879

as a calumnious

"document." I have been at some

paino to investigate the more._ important details that are in

dispute

}

& follow

between them, and I cannot detect a

substantial error in Mr. Ford's m any statements. I cannot therefore advise Your Lordship to comply with Mr. Price's request that Mr. Ford's report be cancelled and expunged?

12.

It is some satisfaction to

know that in spite of all this

controversy the Botanical Gardens and the tree planting of the Colony

now

making real progress. I

Sir

are

attribute this mainly to su Michael Hricks Beach's decision and the policy laid down in Sir Joseph Booker's

Memorandum.

13.

failed

as a

r

abb". Prize had seriously-

tree planter. He has no

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