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men would have to be employed that it would be a serious 

 objection." It is true that very numerous gangs will have 

 to be looked for, and probably brought from India. And 

 yet look at the Galle district. Only let a beginning be 

 made and a demand for labour created, the supply will soon 

 come, especially in a fertile, cheap, and abundant country 

 as ours is. And to the objection as to numbers, all I can 

 say is, that any scheme which shows that a great force of 

 labour, and perhaps also necessity for the employment of 

 European talent, is required, and can be profitably exerted 

 in the carrying out of any object, that object must surely be 

 deemed of some importance. 



