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place; and the opportunity
of purchasing on the spot, by
saving the trouble and expense
of a very long and difficult jour=
=ney, must give the Government
Stock a preference and conse=
=quently afford the opportunity
of obtaining the highest prices
of the period. -

The time is in other
respects unfavorable for the dis=
posal of Stock; but that disad=
=vantage I consider as overbalan=
=ced by the existence of an ac=
=tual demand, and there being
no other Stock for Sale in that
quarter of the Colony; the bene=
=fit of which would be lost if
the present opportunity were
allowed to pass. -

Should