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he Land Office of contend should be. wholly separate from the (gurt so that any question arising affecting of a Crown Lease the Land Officer

t

can

stand in his position as such Land Officer and support the Lease he has previously issued...

previously

This is so both in England and other Her Majesty's Colonies. __

There is no doubt in my

Enclosure 2

C 0.

Report by the Seryet Office on our Stiplosis letter dated the 28th December; 1885-

Copy.)

of

my mind that the Lease is in all respects correct and my complaint is simply against the anomaly of the Land Officer afterwards sitting as Sudge altering the boundaries as granted by the Lease agdinst

express evidence of the Surveyor General of the bolony who prepared the plan attached to the Lease and taking away ground for which I have paid the overny no

the

of have the honor to be

My Lord, Your most Obedt Pervt

Matthew & D. Step Rens

The Right Honorable

The Tecretary of State

for the Colonies

Colonial Office Downing Street

London (P.M.)

382

ur Stephew in the latter part

of his letter contouds that the Loud Office

should be wholly separate from the

Court in order that on

arising,

any

quection the Land Officer should be wholly independent, and unbiased, should he be called upon to deal with any. question affecting a leave ivered from the Lord Office;

and he concludes by that his complaint is simply

saying against "the accomaly of the land "Officer afterwards sitting as fudge "altering the boundaries as granted by " the leave." The Land Office has been amixed to and placed under the

superintendence of the Registrar by

order