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decided to work in future with private 

 means rather than incur further obloquy. 



The colonists did not reflect that, having 

 placed their funds in the hands of a par- 

 ticular person, and having besides given 

 him their entire confidence, they were not 

 entitled to complain of failure ; but they 

 stultified themselves completely by their 

 censure, as unjust as it was ungenerous and 

 illogical. Mr. Youl had held out no extra- 

 vagant promises, nor professed overween- 

 ing reliance on himself ; he undertook to do 

 his best towards the solution of a problem 

 of which no man then held the key, and an 

 examination of the account shows that every 

 item of expenditure was carefully considered 

 and well warranted. 



In consequence probably, however, of the 

 energetic advocacy of the chairman of the 

 commissioners. Sir Eobert 0£S.cer, and a few 

 others who appreciated the difficulties of 

 the task and saw how nearly they had been 

 mastered, the Tasmanian government gave 

 the conduct of another trial to the Austra- 

 lian associations, who in turn handed over 



