Judging from the tone of the conver sation reported yesterday, we may sup pose that there has been considerable difference of opinion between the Pro vincial Executive and the Waste Lands Board. One and other of the parties have declared that they will not do this and they will not undertake that, and the consequence is that that long-suffer ing animal, the pnblic, has to take th^ consequences. Somethingin the nature of an official squabble has evidently taken place, and we are not much int -rested in allotting blame to either party. It is quite clear that some steps must be taken to prevent an occurrence of the same unfortunate errors, and we can safely leave it to the good s=ense of the parties concerned to make such an ar rangement as will make things work | More smoothly. The public has a ri^ht ito demand that more than ordinary official care should be taken to prevent serious mistakes in dealing with such a commodity as the public lands. We have steered clear, so far, of a worse evil than circumlocution, and have not had to lament that trouble which has beset Victoria in the wrongful disposal of her land, fr.>m interested and personal motive.". We hope that the Executive and the Board will see their way to an amicable settlement of their differences of opinion ere long, and that we shall not again have to record a similar state of things to that revealed upon Wed nesday.
