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well
the Treasurer,
the number.
f
officials
will be raised to six
in addition to
the
Governor.
9. I now proceed to con-
your proposals with
regard to the unofficial
Members, and while I
agree
that it is desirable
to apply to Hong Kong the principle, which I
have lately approved
in the
case of Mauritius,
of allowing
the
unofficial Members to
represent the public opinion
of the Colony
as expressed.
by
C
by
representatives of leading
business institutions,
I
think it desirable in
order to maintain
the
present proportion
of
official to unofficial
Members, that the
number
of unofficial
Members should not be
so large
as proposed.
10.
Instead therefore of
I propose that there
shall be five unofficial
Members, one at least
of whom shall be a
Member
of
the Chinese
community. I have no
objection to the mode