Sir, I have the honour to request, that you will be pleased to favour the committee now sitting to investigate the grievances connected with the lands of the colony, with your reply to the following queries. The committee will be obliged by your returning an answer at your earliest convenience, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee, Council Chamber, under cover to the Clerk of the Legislative Council. I have &c. (signed) WM. MACPHERSON, Clerk of the Legislative Council. [...]

The object of this Company is to realise the rights granted by the Government of Ecuador, to the holders of its Land Warrants, by obtaining possession of the lands allotted by that Government in discharge of its obligations, and developing their varied resources for the benefit of the Company. These lands offer a vast field for enterprise, as well in the cultivation of a rich and fertile soil, yielding in abundance Timber, Tobacco, Maize, Quinine, Cotton, Wheat, Cocoa, Coffee, Vanilla, Panama Straw, India-Rubber, and Cochineal, as in the exploration of the Gold, Silver, Quicksilver, Copper, and Emerald Mines, abounding in those parts. [...]

Das „Indo-Problem“ könnte wie folgt dargestellt werden: Haben die Indo-Europäer hier zu Lande, zumindest ein Teil von ihnen, eine Zukunft als separate Gruppe, einerseits mit der indonesischen Bevölkerung zusammenlebend, andererseits aber nicht in dieser aufgehend?[...]

[...] The English have not taken India, we have given it to them. They are not in India because of their strength, but because we keep them. Let us now see whether this proposition can be sustained. They came to our country originally for purposes of trade. [...]