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to carry and specific & important instructions, requiring fresh Legislation-
the prudent to action, it
may make no immediate selection of a gentleman to fill the vacant seat at the Council - I should moreover
deem it a great favor & assistance to be allowed further time to consider & ascertain what appointment under the
circumstances may be the least calculated to promote effectually the object of Her Majesty's Government, & power
to make a provisional Lees me to act to my own advantageously
likely to result
I have the honor to be
Your most obedient humble Servant
R[obert] F[rancis] Macdonnell
Governor
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