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I desire to call. four attention tortie proposals made by Sir John Bowring

tre

in 1856 for Vorganization of be

Council, and scho

desire which he then expressed to diminish the disproportion betwee the mumbers of the Official and nons

cial members.

official

The addition of

two

members to explo

class sanctioned ? InSecretary Labouches failed to effect this Object in consequence of the death of one ozone

gette nom pficial members, and thre

result

д

the addition

now of another

opcial memberiḍ

be to occasion a

greater disparity

between the two bections than existed

at the time when

Sie J Bowring called

attention to its

disadvantages.

Einder clitre circum_ stance frithout, therefore,

uitending the slightest

reflection upon My Rennie, I camiot take of upon myself finall advise the Incey finally to confirme

to

Apponitment

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