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Dedication.

To

The Hon, Sir Robert Stout, K.C. M.G.,

Premier of New Zealand.

With your permission, I dedicate this little work to you. The kindly and large-hearted sympathy which you ever evince with the people of this Colony, and the courage you hare shown in striking out new paths of advancement for the masses, embolden me to hope that the views I have endeavoured to express will meet with a candid consideration from you, and, if approved of, the most powerful and weighty advocacy that can be exerted on their behalf.

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