I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two
plain Copies of an Ordinance of the recent Session of the
Legislature of this Colony, entitled;
No. 14. An Ordinance
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to amend and consolidate, the Gold Mining laws.
I add the Report of the Attorney General.
2. This Ordinance had its origin in a conversation
between the Mining Board of
Cariboo and myself on
William's
Creek. In the Winter the Mining Board had many consultations
with me on the subject. Its many details have been carefully
considered by those most competent to the task. The enclosed
Ordinance is
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the result. I entrusted its introduction in
the Council to
M Walkem, a barrister selected by the
people of
Cariboo East for appointment to the Council. The
Bill occupied more time and required more attention than any
other measure of the Session.