Excerpt from Canada and South Australia: A Commentary on That Part of the Earl of Durham's Report Which Relates to the Disposal of Waste Lands and Emigration; In Three Papers, Delivered at the South Australian Rooms, No; 5 Adam Street, Strand Lord Durham tells us, after a brief and mas terly introduction of his subject, developing the chief objects to be sought in the disposal of waste lands, that he was met, on his arrival in the colony, by innumerable complaints of abuse, and applications for justice or favour, (the word is pregnant with instruction, ) which had slumbered during previous years. During my residence in the Canadas, he continues, scarcely a -day passed without my receiving some petition or representation relating to the crown lands' department; and matte1s belonging to this branch of government necessarily occu pied a far larger proportion than any other of my correspondence with the Secretary of State. The noble lord then appointed a Commission of Inquiry, not without a reference to the new method pursued in the Australian colonies, the remarkable success of which, he says, gave him a hope that he should be able to recommend beneficial reforms in Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.