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Appreciate the difficult positions in which you have lately been placed by the absence from various Councils of a sufficient number of members to form a quorum, and it is evident that some new arrangement is necessary in order to ensure the regular transaction of public business.
3. While however I regret that General Colborne should firmly have failed to attend in his place on the Executive Council, I am not disposed to take any steps in the direction of relieving him from those duties.
My opinion is of importance that the appointment of Officer Commanding the Troops should carry with it a seat on the Council, even if...