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for
the
Officer, suspension of a public
And
the
Royal
instructions enjoining
the number
24 Section
that
Royal of the members Instructions.
shall never be less than three
in addition to the Governor.
I could no
longer delay filling
caused by
the Colony
the vacancy the departure from of Mr Green the late dating Attorney General, whereby the Council had been again reduced to two - the Colonial
Secretary.
and the
Officer
Commanding the Troops...
3. I have already.
recommended
that the Attorney General should.
be appointed to the
vacancy
in the Executive Council.
the abolition of the
Lieutenant Governorship, as I
Caused.
by
considered there
were
strong
Constitutional objections to the Chief Justice being associated
with the Executive in that
capacity - Nevertheless, under
the existing state of the public service here, the provisional appointment I have reported is the least objectionable that I had the power to
make...
4. I owe it to Mr Adams
to state that
on
my