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which have come into Her
Majesty's possession
under similar
circumstances. Lord Paulet will
be best able to
& judge
whether a
General Dormant Commission, such as has been issued with
reference to the Superintendency,
and
of which a Copy
transmitted to
you
was
in a letter from this office of
the
5th
of January, and
inclosure
in Lord Aberdeen's despatch
{
lvi
to Sir Henry Pottinger, h. e. q., might
not be issued in order to provide for the temporary
absence of a
Governor specially commissioned
by the Crown. Lord Aberdeen however conceives that, at least
in the first instance, it should be provided that such Dormant Commission should not come into operation in the event of the absence of Sir Henry
Pottinger