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to them; but they wish to give up as little as possible ;" and he made the
remark, "Ah! yes, I see;" and there was a good deal in that, I think.
The only thing that occurs to my mind as a practical solution of this matter
would be for you to make a speedy order to throw open all these lands. Of
course that has nothing to do with the curtilage question. The curtilage
question can be settled afterwards. While ever the fences remain the
people hardly believe in the law, and I do consider it a discredit to the law.
The ARBITRATOR: Mr. Burney, you have kept your word—you
have not been half an hour.
Mr. BURNEY: I am sorry to put upon you more that you have
already suffered.
The ARBITRATOR : You have spoken very much to the point.
ADDENDUM.
There is a movement on foot for a testimonial in which my name is
left out. As I have only worked twenty-five years and spent hundreds in
money, and more in time, and taken thousands in responsibility, I beg to
make a proposal. I don't want any testimonial, and therefore suggest
that the money gathered might be well used in paying my costs. There
would then be enough for a testimonial on vellum very handsomely got
up, setting forth how long each one had worked in the good cause. I
throw this out for public approval, especially as the wrongfully taken lands
are not yet thrown open. In the later years, no one has done more in my
opinion than our sturdy Nelson of to day—the City Solicitor.
G. BURNEY.