THE ACRE SYSTEM.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 330, 2 July 1875, Page 2

THE ACRE SYSTEM.

out of bio system—only recer this district—seen to calf for.s.ome notice, and, as no oth .body-rhas to the su ;ject,;-I trust ybu will allow me a sms space ibr -'that purpose. jH%'\w,alksiab]:oad " cannot fail number of new claims yfhii

have been lately pegged out, and the number of fresh notices which have u !heeu recently posted. In every direction, and in every locality, these new signs of the times meet your eye, and, : in some cases, absolutely shock the understanding. Of one thing" I feel persuaded, that, even if these cLiims be granted, the miners and the Mining Association will not allow the heces- 1 --.* sary "protection "to be granted unopposed ; nor do I think that such opposition will be. without avail, as no person knows better than Mr. Warden Robinson the evil effects that would inevitably result to the district were applications for protection to be sus- . tained. In fact a monopoly of the '■' worst kind would be sanctioned under his authority, and the acre systemwhich was extended doubtlessly to be for the benefit of the district—would unquestionably prove its curse. Having briefly called attention to the subject Inow leave the matter to other, , and abler pens than mine.—l am, &c, Anti-Hpmbug.