From a Wellington telegram wc learn that, in the House of Representatives, in reply to a question l.y Mr Hallenstein, Mr Stafford said that the Government did net see their wav to make miners' rights run over the whole Colony, the revenue derived from them being practically Provincial. Also, that the only mode of stopping the influx of Chinese, or of making them contribute to the revenue equally with the Europeans, seemed to be by a direct tax, which the Government were not prepared to recom-1 mend.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 156, 15 October 1872, Page 7
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87Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 156, 15 October 1872, Page 7
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