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of the Legislative Council in Committee, and of the

proceedings in Finance

Committee,-

e, - especially

latter. These

of

in the

reasons are ~

dealt with in the speech of the Colonial decretary which appears in the report

the proseedings, in opposition to the motion for reduation. Briefly stated, the contention of the unofficial members was that the

financial condition of the

Colony

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Colony requires the reduction

they moved.

Your~

which they

Lordship will, I trust, agree

with me in

thinking that the Colonial Decretary has conclusively disposed of the contention. I am of opinion that the unofficial members have entirely failed to make out their case, and I have grounds for believing that

the real reasons

of the motion having been made are

different from those advanced

in