1821 April 2

Rid Yourselves

Ultramarian Deputat n none

2. Another observation is, that at the time, whatever it be, at which the census is to be made, the only hands by which, if they existed, it could be made, can not be in existence. No provincial deputation in this province can there be without an already-existing census: but, by the supposition, in this same province, no such census is there in existence.

But, it may be said, a Census of this sort - can it be taken by some other hands? I answer - not under this Code assuredly: for, by this Code, to no other hands is either this duty or this power allotted.