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of the Crown on the understanding that the moneys received 
should form a fund for the benefit of the Colony which 
ultimately would be there established. They were not pre- 
pared to divide the Colony, for the scanty population of the 
north could not afford to pay for an administration, and 
the Imperial Government were not prepared to place it on 
the Imperial estimates. The lands south of the Murchison 
would be subject to the full measure of Colonial control. 
On January 3, 1888 a further dispatch was sent, depre- 
cating any attempt to introduce a power to override an 
Upper House, and suggesting that a nominee body would 
be better in the first instance, unless the example of Ontario 
were followed and only one chamber was created, which 
the Secretary of State was apparently inclined to favour 
at the start. Approval was expressed of the proposal to 
safeguard the natives, and stress was laid on the need of 
a Civil List for the salaries of the Governor, the judges, and 
three or four ministers. The Governor replied in a dispatch 
of May 28, 18882 in which he summed up the position : 
the Legislative Council were opposed to one chamber, and 
80 was he; Ontario was not a full Colony; again, all the 
other States had bicameral legislatures, and a check on 
hasty legislation was desirable. They objected to any 
reservation regarding the natives, but he felt that that was 
essential, and would relieve the ministers of much undesir- 
able pressure from interested parties. He agreed with the 
Council that there was nothing to be gained from treating 
in any differential manner the proceeds of land leased in 
the north, especially as the sums coming in were less 
than the expenses. 
In a reply of July 30, 18883 the Secretary of State stated 
that he adhered to his view as to the proceeds of lands in 
the north, and the control of the Imperial Government over 
them : he agreed to a bicameral system, but preferred a 
nominee Upper House appointed for six years; he also 
thought that responsible government should be proceeded 
* Parl Pap., C. 5743, p. 25.  Thid., pp. 34 seq. 
Ibid., p. 53.