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the Public Works Department were to be afforded opportunity of attending Divine Service.

The notification, copy of which I enclose, went on to state that in all contracts Sunday was to be omitted in calculating the time necessary to complete the particular work referred to.

On the 20th of February, 1845, a Proclamation, copy enclosed, was issued to the same effect. Your Lordship will observe that this Proclamation particularly mentions that the Laws of England enjoining a cessation from Sunday labour were in force in the Colony. This statement had reference probably to the Ordinances I have before mentioned, although it was scarcely consistent with the decision given by the Police Magistrate in the case mentioned by Mr...

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the Public Works Department

were to be afforded opportunity of attending

Divine Service.

The notification, copy of

which I enclose, went on

to state that in all contracts

Sunday

was to be omitted

in calculating the time necessary to complete the particular work referred

to.

On the 20th of February,

1845, a Proclamation, copy

enclosed, was issued to

the

same effect. Your

Lordship will observe that this Proclamation particularly mentions that the Laws of England enjoining a cessation from Sunday labour

labour were

in force in the Colony. This statement had reference

probably to the Ordinances I have before mentioned,

although it was

scarcely

consistent with the decision

given by the Police Magistrate

in the case mentioned by

Mr...

Enclosure 1. 28th June, 1844

Enclosure 2. 20th February 1845

Page 83

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the Public Works Department were to be afforded opportunity of attending Divine Service. The notification, copy of which I enclose, went on to state that in all contracts Sunday was to be omitted in calculating the time necessary to complete the particular work referred to. On the 20th of February, 1845, a Proclamation, copy enclosed, was issued to the same effect. Your Lordship will observe that this Proclamation particularly mentions that the Laws of England enjoining a cessation from Sunday labour were in force in the Colony. This statement had reference probably to the Ordinances I have before mentioned, although it was scarcely consistent with the decision given by the Police Magistrate in the case mentioned by Mr... Enclosure 1. 28th June, 1844 Enclosure 2. 20th February 1845 Page 83 However, to follow the exact format required by the instructions (output only HTML using for paragraphs and preserving original line/page breaks where necessary), and correcting the minor errors and formatting: the Public Works Department were to be afforded opportunity of attending Divine Service. The notification, copy of which I enclose, went on to state that in all contracts Sunday was to be omitted in calculating the time necessary to complete the particular work referred to. On the 20th of February, 1845, a Proclamation, copy enclosed, was issued to the same effect. Your Lordship will observe that this Proclamation particularly mentions that the Laws of England enjoining a cessation from Sunday labour labour were in force in the Colony. This statement had reference probably to the Ordinances I have before mentioned, although it was scarcely consistent with the decision given by the Police Magistrate in the case mentioned by Mr... Enclosure 1. 28th June, 1844 Enclosure 2. 20th February 1845 Page 83

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the Public Works Department

were to be afforded opportunity of attending_

Divine Service.

The notification, copy of

which Ienclose, went on

Enclosure 1. 28th June, 1844

to state that in all contracts

sunday

was to be omitted.

in calculating the time necessary to complete the. - particular work referred

On the 20th of February,

1845, a Proclamation, copy

enclosed, was issued to

the

to..

Enclosure?

2014 February

1845.

the same

effect. Your

Lordship will observe that this Proclamation particularly mentions that the Laws of "England enjoining a cessation from Sunday labour

labour were

in force in the Colony. This statement had reference

probably to the Ordinances I have before mentioned.

although it was

soarocly

consistent with the decision

given by the Police Magistrate

in the oase mentioned by

Mṛ

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