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 Crown may be disposed to establish permanently for South Australia the best mode of treating waste land and immigration, beg you will be so good as to inform Mr, Stanley that, if he should intimate to them his intention of permanently establishing by Act of Parliament the system for the sale of land and immigration by them suggested, coupled with securities for good government, they will, as a private but temporary society, exert themselves to promote the success of the measure.

"I have the honour to be, &c., ""

"March 22nd.—Sent the above letter to Lefevre, with a note (private) saying that I should call on Monday to give him the rough draft of an Act of Parliament, which would explain the most important articles required by the committee. I omitted to state that on Friday, when I was with Lefevre, he said that if it was decided to bring in an Act of Parliament he would require my assistance, and that 1 must be always with him.

"March 26th.—Called on Torrens, who informed me that he intended applying for the Governorship, and with that view intended going to Lefevre to-day, and giving him a letter for Stanley. I expressed my pleasure at hearing that he was going to do so, and heartily wished him success.

"April 7th.—This morning I saw Lefevre, according to appointment. The conversation between us was almost a repetition of Lefevre's with Torrens. I gave him the digest of the evidence as to the soil, &c., with Wakefield's preface—this he promised to give Stanley.

"Before leaving, I told him I had the greatest desire that the best man who could be found should be offered the governorship. I would not mention names, but I thought it very important that no person who held that, or any other high official situation, should be allowed