M.L.C.
At present M. Price sits in bott Councils as Mi Price & not as
Survey or general, and thees he block's one of the conofficial places: It is I think
salaried government
not desirable that a
Savant should be an unofficial beraber,
but it is better than putting the sur-
· Geyer general
There can be no
on the Council
M: Belilios
as
objection to appointing
acting
M.d.c. When
M: Price cornes on leave: all that is
known about him
officially – i
+
is that he
may
be well
fiued a statue of dad Braconsfieldato
the city;
but while it
to have one
Chinese member two
would be rather many just at present
See 2751
UrWarsfield
CPL
25-Feb
"The Commive consiste nommielly
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of 5 officio members and 4
in consequence unofficial members, but in of the union of the Mlonial Secretarysting and the Auditor Generalship one ex officio member is loss to the Council. On the other hand one official person has been appointed unofficial
member. Thus there are 8 members instead
of 9, 4x
officis members instead ofs,
and 3 lay members mislead of 4.
Thebein it is not intended
to disunite the officer of Cocomial Secretary and Auditor General. The
Conernor proposes to reconstitute the
offices Connie so as to gure 5 exc
nominally,
member, really
well a
and 4 laymembers, 2 Euroheron and of Chinese. He suggest the Surveyor wome
th
5
& offices member. But if this h
for
objectionable perhaps another officer can be found. As to Chinese members
See 2757
are
►
M 2/3
I should be disposed to have thing as they If Mr. Keswick pres marry they might saved him as a permanent Cenneither and Mr. Batilio, & afpirated temporarily in the ahonce & chehill (who seems to be ignored in this despatch though he is inly absent on leave till June 30)
Z
Ew 1.