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Instructions declare that the
Pleasure
to be that the
Members of
the
Executive Council shall
be nominated
and
appointed in such manner
and
the same
E.
is hereinbefore provided, with respect to the nomination and appointment
of the Members
of the before-mentioned Legislative
Council, the number of
the Members of the said Executive Council being always three, in addition to
the Governor of the said Colony.
The Lord Resident
1940
Forward to
R.
5th Smith
9
14th November 1848
End
My Lord Mercer Eagle having
William J.
been recommended
to me
as
a
fit
and proper person to be appointed Member of the Legislative Council of
the Island of
Hong Kong,
I have
to request that your
Lordship