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avot Legislature. (2.) Gith

regard to cryself personally,

I may be permitted to pomark that two

leading

members of the Colonial Office.

(shir Robert Herbert and ME Bromster)

Avrie

originally introduced by.

me into the

Public Sowice, for I took them with me

in 1859 to Queensland when I was.

(3) With regard to the Members of the Colonial Legislature, I may repeat what

I wrote in my despatch No 263 of 18844,

that "they

viz.

are all experienced men.

bresiness, with & full local knowledge,

of t

" and the most competent jedyes of how

" the local revenue should be expended

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appointed the first Governor

of that

"

Colony; that they served under ine

several years,

there for several

and that

they

could bear witness, that I have always

bun in favour of the greetest coone my consistent with efficiency in administration,

(3.) Kuf

Gro

on

objects of purely local and municipot "concern, and in which no Imperial

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interests are at stake. _ It will be

seen

from the official papers

transmitted with my despatch N...

270 of this year that the Votes refpinct

5:00 270 of this

ি

to in the despatch

now under reply