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does
not seem
that
any subsequent
Commanding Officer has
sat in the Legislative
Council.
7
I concur in
your opinion that it is not
desirable in principle
that the Chief Justice
should sit in
a Colonial Legislature unless
a sufficient number
of qualified persons cannot
be otherwise obtained;
and I also fully agree with you in thinking
that the existing
arrangement should
not be disturbed while
the present Chief Justice continues to hold
his office.
8.
I further approve
of your recommendation
that the Surveyor General, who is at
present an unofficial
Member, should be
transferred to the official
side of the Legislative Council; and as
you have already been instructed by my telegram
of the 19th of April that
the Registrar General is
to have a seat in
the Legislative Council,
the matter is well...