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THE
COLONIAL POLICY
OF
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S ADMINISTRATION.
BY EARL GREY . IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1853.
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PRINTED BY
JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.
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CONTENTS.
LETTER VIII.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.--TRANSPORTATION . . 1
LETTER IX.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.--CONSTITUTION.--GENERAL CONDITION OF THESE COLONIES .... 88
LETTER X.
NEW ZEALAND ....... 112
LETTER XI.
CEYLON ........ 161
LETTER XII.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.--NATAL . . . . . 197
LETTER XIII.
HONGKONG.--LABUAN.--FALKLAND ISLANDS.--WEST COAST OF AFRICA.--MALTA.--CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ........ 263
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APPENDIX.
A.--Despatch from Sir C. A. Fitzroy to Earl Grey--Remonstrance against the New Constitution . 313
B.--New Zealand Bill--Earl Grey's Speech in House of Lords ........ 334
C.--Report of Privy Council--Constitution of the Cape of Good Hope ....... 346
D.--Despatch from Earl Grey to Sir Harry Smith--Resignation of Four Members of the Legislative Council, Cape of Good Hope .... 374
E.--Despatch from Earl Grey to Sir Harry Smith--State of Affairs in British Kafraria .... 395
F.--Despatch from Earl Grey to Sir Harry Smith--Natal 400
