The intelligence conveyed in one of oar telegrams last Saturday that the condition of Sir Robert Hart was giving cause for anxiety unt-rtanately only confirms the information that has reached us through private sources So long as the ill-health of the veteran Taxpector-General coald be attributed to a particular ailment, it was to be hoped that his strong constitution and active mind would enable bim to shake off the trouble and woald leave him well enough to face the journey back to the Exst, back to the scene of his life's work. It is to be feared and deeply regretted, however, that Sir Robert ill-health ' is due rather advanced age; and while we may hope that many years of life are still shesd of bim, a decision that he must relinquish apy intention he may have bad to return to Poking can only
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