the Chief Justice, Colonial Secretary
and Auditor General, Attorney General, Surveyor Treasurer,
Surveyor General, and Harbour Master; and five unofficial members of whom four should be leading Europen
merchants and one
a representative
of the Chimese
Community.
After pell Sconsideration
4 I do not, bowener
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see any sufficient
reason for increasing
RAFT.
Mr.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade,
Mr. Herbert.
Lord Cadogan.
Sir M. Hicks Beach.
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the number of members
of the Council and I
have therefore not
felt able to recommend
such a
course
to Her
Majesty. With regard
to your proposal to place Mt Price, as Surveyor General,
amongst the.
ex officio
Members of Council, I may observe that I
should not in
any
circumstances consider
Such a
step advisable.
I have reason to beleine that Mr Price is personally
expecially well qualified for that position bet although I have no doubt that the Deputy Surveyor General
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