necessary that something should be done to put a stop to this growing evil. It should either be made legal or put a stop to If the former, the transfer of lands to the Crown will in all probability, be at a discount for a time possibly for some years; if the latter, a decided course of action must be adopted, and the land may then be acquired much more speedily. But it is a question if the benefit resulting from the latter course would compensate for the evil occasioned. Independently of the practice of leasing to Europeans the contention amongst the natives themselves, a rising from the question of tribal rights and individual title, is alone a sufficient obstacle to the acquirement of lands from the natives; and it is greatly to be feared that no method can be adopted to obviate the difficulty which would prove effective without being offensive and consequently, dangerous. The question of extinction of the Native title over the lands in this Province is becoming a most momentous one, and rife with difficulty and danger. Here, on the