Page:The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales.djvu/110

 petty sessions are not established, for fear of incurring the expense of the salaries of a constable and a clerk of the bench, and that by this means hundreds of miles of country are left without any tribunals to resort to for the adjustment of their disputes—that the police magistrates are withdrawn on the same ground—that the police force is ridiculously disproportioned to the wants of the district—that public works, having for their object general utility and convenience, are not undertaken—and above all, that a new mode of taxation has been adopted by the establishment of district councils, and that we shall have to pay separately for police and public works, although the fund raised from the district by general taxation has not been exhausted—when all these circumstances are taken into consideration, it is not to be wondered at that a strong feeling