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cil will render it upparent that it is not with:
out strong reasons the undersigned feel pelled to intervene in this matter -
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Originally it consisted solely of the Governor & three or
the local
four officers of the
government - As this community increased in import-
ance it was deemed advisable to add two
un-
official members
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the
the wishes
exponents of of the community and the
of th
Counsellors of the Governor in commer.
On Sir John
cial and local matters.
Bowring becoming Governor the Legislative
Council was presided
over
by the Lieutenant
Governor and consisted of six members, four officials including the President, and
proposition
two how-
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Labow
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of thin
non-officials - In 1855 was submitted to Mr Secretary chère for enlarging the basis of the Legio- lative Council and introducing to it four
additional
official and three official members, giving a total teen members exclusive of the Governor. Mr. Labouchère disapproved of so great
enlargement, but sanctioned a mod erate addition, which was
given effect to by the introduction
of the Colonial Treasur=
an
er the Chief Magistrate and one
of
ourselves,
the relative proportions being this preserved the Council then consisting of six officers of Government, and three members of the Community.
Sir John Bowring has however
since deemed it necessary to introduce the moke & Surveyor General, [we believe by orders from home], and the Auditor General to the Cown. cib, and has thus arrived at the number
of official members, eight - proposed by In 155- him, and disapproved of by M. L'abouchère;
whereas the n
element during
now-official
the same period has been increased by only one.
We do not in thus protesting wish to arrogate to ourselves any right to interfere with the exercise of the functions of the office of Governor, but we deem it absolutely necessary
that the decision
of the Imperial Government as to the ex- tent to which the Governor can increase the official seats in the Legislative Couro- cib be distinctly made known. There
eight such, and as
are how
possibly be more
there mark
before the close of an
other
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