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Mat No Secutive Council of Hong Kong shall, for the future, consist of the following members:
(1.) The Governor. (President).
(2.) The Officer Commanding the Troops.
(3.) The Colonial Secretary.
(4.) The Attorney-General.
(5) The Treasurer
(6) The Registrar-General.
(7) The Surveyor-General.
9. Secondly, with regard to the Legislative Council, all here agree that there are too conspicuous and inconvenient anomalies in its present Constitution.
(a). The General Commanding the Troops is, on his installation, though admitted to the Executive, excluded from the Legislative Council, contrary to the rule which obtains in all other Crown Colonies.
It appears that the General in the early years of this Colony was a Member of the Legislature. I have caused diligent search to be made in the Official Correspondence, and I am assured that no reason was ever assigned for his subsequent exclusion under the Queen's Instructions now in force.