15.

192

laid

tw

the Table the

following letter which

was read, -

Attorney

Sir,

from the

Goueral:

"Attorney General's Office, Houghing, 10th April, 1887.

" A question having arisen yesterday in the Legislative Council how far the forms of

" forms of that body are governed by these. Parliament, particularly

of

is to the duty of every member to address brinself, directly

to the chair, and as to the

member

power of any to move (for the purpose.

of procuring the dropping

of a

bill in Committee)

that the President don

leave the chair; - which whic

hich power

duly

and which

were asserted by myself

but denied by the acting Colonial Secretary, - it

Avas

stated

by

the

Lieutenant Governor that a Code of orders for transaction of business in the Legislative Council had been prepared

d and

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