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of the position appeared more and more unsatisfactory. For though seareely any licences had been taken out, all of the cargo-boatmen were in full work. The difficulty of the situation was increased by my inability to discover with certainty whether this neglect

on

men was

the

part of the

an intentional

defiance of the law or merely indicated a desire

to

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to assist towards clearing

while the

off the accumulated business of the ports Government was considering their grievanece

18.

es.

In this difficulty

with the object of obtaining

the opinion of the mercantile community

on

the above

On

the

question and also aspect of the regulations

presented itself to

which

me,

I summoned

а

meeting at Government House

of