SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH,

BART., P.C., M.P.,

ON QUESTIONS RELATING TO
COLONIAL POLICY.

EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY

HUGH EDWARD EGERTON, Μ.Α.,

AUTHOR OF "A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY"
AND "SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES."

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

1903.

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,

LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

CONTENTS.

ON LORD GLENELG'S COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION, MARCH 6,

1838

ON THE WAKEFIELD SYSTEM OF DISPOSING OF THE

COLONIAL LANDS, JUNE 27, 1839

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I

54

ON COLONIAL EXPENDITURE AND GOVERNMENT, JULY 25,

1848

154

ON A ROYAL COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE ADMINI-

STRATION OF THE COLONIES, JUNE 26, 1849

216

ON REDUCTION OF COLONIAL EXPENDITURE, APRIL 10,

1851

265

ON INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL FOR THE EETTER GOVERN

MENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, FEBRUARY 8,

1850

291

ON SECOND READING OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BILL,

FEBRUARY 18, 1850

306

ON MR. SPENCER WALPOLE'S AMENDMENT TO AUSTRALIAN

GOVERNMENT BILL, MARCH 22, 1850

315

ON AMENDMENT TO AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BILL,

APRIL 19, 1850

344

221589

ON THE CLERGY RESERVES OF CANADA BILL, MARCH 5, 1853 402

APPENDIX.

REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, 1838 441

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, BART., M.P. Frontispiece

BUST OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH (BY BEHNES) IN THE

LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT, OTTAWA

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