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afterwards determined, with
sanction, to re-enact both Bills,
my
and to introduce the amendments
insisted
upon As I have said above, I announced
in the new measures.
that I must be fully satisfied, before giving my assent to these new Bills, that the formalities required by the Instructions and by the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council, have been scrupulously observed.
13.
Both Bills were
carefully considered, first by the
Lau
Enclosures land 2
Enclosures
3and 4
Law Committee, and afterwards by
the Committee of the whole Council;
and both were
finally passed by
the Colonial Legislature, nomine contradicente. I annex sopies of
the opinions of the Attorney-General on which I gave my assent to
...
these Bills; and also Certificates that
the formalities required by article 25 of the Instructions have been observed. As was said above, I am
assured that this is the first
occasion on
which
a
certificate of
this nature has been asked for by
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the