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Justice, and was carried by majority of three votes. It is strange that, when Sir George Bowen laid before the Council for approval, on 10th April, 1884, the new Standing Rules and Orders which had been drafted by a Committee composed of the Attorney-General, the Treasurer, Mews Ryrie (the seconder of Mr. Ewen's resolution), Sassoon, and Wongthing, the universal discontent and dissatisfaction alleged to have prevailed for many years past did not prompt some Member either to object to the appointment of the Finance Committee or to propose that its meetings should be held with open doors. Instead of this, the new Standing Rules were unanimously adopted.
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If it was pointed out by the supporters of the amendment that the resolution was unnecessary, since it was competent to any member, when the adoption of any report of Finance