The effect of
g
this will be that
the Legislative Power last
mentioned will not
be suspended by any
circumstance which
may
be
circum-
vented
the Officer directly appointed
327
mentioned & for other
obvious
reasons, will rarely, if
ever
be
called
into
exercise. Exigencies
however
may
occur when
the resort to it
by
the Queen
will be
necessary, as in the case of the
Superintendent being incapable of discharging the duties of that Office.
8
Under the 3? sections
of the accompanying Act
the Queen in Council
is
invested with a further Authority of originating
any
laws which
may
be thought necessary for
the good of
Her Majesty's
Subjects
in China
or in
the adjacent Seas. This
is a
power
which for
some
time
may
be indispensable in
aid
of your
authority,
and it has therefore been
conferred on
the Queen
in Council
which being
the general
effect of
the recent Act
of
Parliament,
and
8
the Instruments issued
in pursuance
of which
remains to be seen & should
advert to
those
questions which must
be expected to arise,
regarding which J.
has to submit...