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local Government itself, and was obviously the only proper

and adequate method of constituting the tribunal in view,

It may be that the local Government are afraid, owing to

past experience, to entrust their views as to compensation

to the arbitrament of independent and outside experts. If

50, we should hardly have thought it possible: such a view

would have commended itself to the occupant of your high

and Imperial Office.

5. Our Clients inevitably feel that their case has not been

considered by you upon its merits independently of the views

of the local Government, as they expected it to be, and as,

conceivably, they were entitled to expect it should have

been; and that your decision has been swayed by the views of

the local Government on grounds which are not apparent to

our Clients, which are or may be mistaken or inequitable,

which our Clients might be able, given the opportunity, to

shew good cause against if not entirely to refute.

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6. We would point out that our Clients did not demand their

claims should be recognized, they only asked to be given an

opportunity of submitting them to an impartial and competent

tribunal and, if such claims were recognized by such tri-

bunal, that they should be recognized by the local Govern-

ment. This, and nothing more, was asked for, This, and

nothing more, has been refused, and blankly refused, and

we regret that such refusal is as incomprehensible to our

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