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"The Governor has no power to appoint the other Unofficial Member, provisionally, without an ... instruction to that effect. I think a telegram from the Secretary of State would be a sufficient instruction!
8. It will be seen that, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, the seats of Messrs Ryrie and Keswick are, in accordance with the terms of the Instructions employed in the new Instrument, vacant by effluxion of time, for both these gentlemen have been Members of the Council for more than six years. However, in my proposals in my despatch 19/62 of 1883, my intention was to preserve vested interests; and I agree with what the Attorney-General has remarked to me, viz. that this was probably the intention also of the Additional Instructions: although, in his (the Attorney General's) opinion, the draftsman has used language which must be held legally to vacate the seats of Messrs Hynes and Keswick, and, consequently, also the seat...