No. 77

I have consulted the Attorney General upon the subject of Your
Lordship's Circular Despatch of the 28th December last
respecting the construction of the "Casual Revenues" and "Law
and practice of Escheat Acts," which have been passed in various
Colonies, and as to the proper mode of dealing with the proceeds
of Escheated Estates.

2. The subject is not one that has been brought into notice in
this Colony and there is no immediate necessity for legislation
upon it. But it would be well perhaps to pass a modification of
the Sketch Bills furnished by your Lordship, at the next Session
of the Legislature.