6.
no objection
ow
your part Should I su fit to appoint him . The appointment will
add to his consideration in
eyes of the Chinese
the eyes
population. His legal. Requirements will no doubt be useful in our discussions, and I hope therefore you will approve of the steps I
have taken.
The
new non-
Official
Member Mr. George Lyall &
is one
of the most respectable and
our resident
respected of our.
merchants- thoroughly in
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acquainted with the concerns of the Colony, and stood next to Mr. Joseph Jardine when the votes of the Magistrates were taken as to the Gentlemen they would recommend
whom
to the attention of the Government for seats in the Législative Council.
s
If the Members of the Council were to be increased - and the proportions still to be maintained between
Official and non-official Members, my choice would hardly have fallen on any
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