The Colony of Surinam. 255 
In accordance with the fundamental law of the Realm, 
the Home-legislature [de Staten-Generaal) is invested with 
legislative authority for the colony, in matters relating 
to her political constitution and the organisation of her 
Government, her monetary affairs (the mint) and in all 
such colonial matters, in which the interference of the 
Home Legislature might be considered necessary, (sec- 
tion 59 of the constitution of the Realm.) 
It is evident that the system of representation intro- 
duced in the colony by the Statute law of 31st May 1865 
is based on the same principle as the franchise enjoyed 
by the nation in the mother country. 
{To be continued) 
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