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regard to his assent to certain acts of the Local Legislature. I have referred to those of the late Governor of Ceylon & I would now also by attention to the 21st section of the Royal Instruction to the Governor of Newfoundland, as published in Mr Clark's Colonial Law p.439 - I would further remark that even a message to Parliament from the Crown, previously to a Bull being passed, does not dispense with Royal Assent to any Act founded on such message. It appears by the Public Papers that there has been an Official Correspondence with the Mayor of Melbourne, on what is said to have been expressed by me as my opinion. All I did in fact decidedly say to any Member of the Corporation, was, "that I earnestly hoped in order to prevent litigation & excitement, that no rate would be imposed, or attempted to be levied until the question was finally determined with this view I have