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that this Excellency will lay this our protest on the table of the Council and will forward

any Bile that may be passed to the Right Honourable the Secritary of State for

it with

the Colonies.

1. We respectfully submit that the Bill for asortaining the armurts to be paid to us by way of compensation for our Wharves and Piers, now be fore the Council, is in

Very Bill affecting

priate rights,

and affe.

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affecting, directly interacts of proparty. 2. His Excelling seems to be of opinion that because, originally, we had no rights to

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against the broww, for

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sight

now. The Secretary of State was of opinio that morally w had

very strong Saim to compensation, not against the brow it is true, beit against the Marime Got Holders who profit largely by the prazo reclamation scherme How suggested that they should be squint to give

compensation. The quastion of compense - ation was put be for thien at a public meeting

and

lio

they agreed that we should have not fuer compensatin but fair compensation and they noted to add $180.000 to the cast of the ridamation to cover that item. The 7180000,