William Westgarth Victoria and the Australian Gold Mines in 1857

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The railway system, in this sifting of the political machinery, is likely to receive a reconsideration, which may induce the colonial Government, with its ex panding cares and obligations, to alter its proposed policy of constructing and owning the main lines, and to avoid the dificulties alike of a cumbrous public debt, and of a decision upon the cheap or costly principle of construction, by leaving the whole ques tion to the readier solution of private interests.