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with every possible degree of care and 
attention, and with the most anxious soli¬ 
citude, to offer a remedy for the many 
evils which now exist* 
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In making Regulations for the interior 
Government of Prince of Wales Is¬ 
land, the most particular attention 
should be paid to its situation; to the 
People who compose its population; their 
Habits, Manners, Customs, and Preju¬ 
dices, should be consulted; every thing 
which relates to their Religious Ceremo¬ 
nies ; domestic disputes, and recovery of 
debts among each other to a certain 
amount, ought to be left to themselves, 
but under fixed and well defined Rules 
and Regulations, which should be made 
as public as possible, to prevent a devia¬ 
tion from them. The great division of 
the Natives, as at present, should each 
have a Captain, who becomes more mime- 
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