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cheerfully extend my support, if; the measures it proposed-were calculated to promote the we)fare i»f the settlement. lii reference the question which is now prominently before the public, (1 mean the appropriation of the Waste Lands,) I slum hi suppoitthe principle contained in the scheme proposed by the Government, bill in the regulations themselves I advocate certain modifications, ami particularly I 'should labour to secure thaia eertaiiv portion of the rate proposed to be created '■. for provincial revenue shall be set apart for the promotion of education and the extension of Christianity; not for the endowment of[t\ieG\mrc\i of England, because I believe tha I state endowmentsfor'•any pavticiti Jar religious couHnuiiity; are attende<l with* sen-:, ous evil, but for the creation of a fund from which, in the primitiveslate of our settlement, aid could be extended to all Chrisiian denominations in their just proportion for the extension of religious trii lb."- • As soon as I am relieved from the pressing duties of the season, T shall seek an opportunity of meeting you, when I .shall ta afford you a fuller explanation of my views. Meanwhile, I liave the honor to be, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, oJohn Ollivieu. Morton Farm; Lower Lincoln Rciad, ..-..V. Feb. 16,1855. V..":