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in particular, no such certificati was sent with the Private Bill of 1871 (to which repeated reference in made in the despatch from the

Colonial Office),

nor nor with the me

Private Bill entitled "The Tramways

Ordinance of 1885, forwarded with

902-83

my despatek ne 111 of 18th June 7051502080

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ultimo; to neither of which Private

Bills was

Jany

objection whatever

taken on this account

this account by

Colonial Office?

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I dare not conecal

from

"See decretary of State to Governor, W. 168 of

15th August 1883.

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from Your Lordship that comments have been made here on what is

considered a somewhat unhappy, though, doubtless, aveidental ~ coincidence - viz :- that objection

should have been taken by the

Colonial Office

by

the

on the ground of th

omission of the above-mentioned...

formalities apparently for the first time when an Ordinance in

which Mr Butheley Johnson is

concerned, was transmitted

for

confirmation. For that gentleman

has on more than one occasion

Jublicly