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"Congregation for the Propagation of the

"Faith", and

of 924 years by name.

& for

an extended terw

more to Bishop Raimondi

on making his application in this

letter of February 27, 1884, the Bishop says -

been

He have bow informed by our

"that according

"Phillippe

legal advier

to what Sir George

said lately from

the bench

"we cannot dispose of lot 50 without the "authority of the legislativre "

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And in his letter ofelpril 15. 1884 he adds that by diwction of the Attorney

Sevenal

a

draft

Bill was drown up:

This is inaccurate as the Attorney General

gave

no direction in the matter:

• 4-13ill was drawn byfelled. Francis who is the Bishop's legal adviser and

Avas

was introduced into the Legislative Connoil

and was intended, as I understood, to

Mr. Francis conceived

provide what Wer Francis to be necessary

to meet the difficulties of

the Bishop's position ceud to do for the Bishop and those on whose behalf

he was

acting what Sir G. Phillippo supposed to have pointed out as being newsary.

Alar Su

The Bill was

eubsequently withdrawns

as not being sufficient for the purpose

desired and what the Bishop row

for

appears to wish

- is "au Sucorporation Act":" The observations of the Chief Secstice would

uppear to refer to the difficulties in which Trustees of Charities might find themselves if they wanted to deal with their lands by way of site or mortgage. But the

difficulty