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Finance Committee was moved in Council, to raise a full public discussion thereon without any previous resolution. It has not been the practice, however, to do this; and resolutions which have been fully discussed and decided in Finance Committee, have generally been passed afterwards by the Council without any observations or comment. The public consequently have had no means of ascertaining the reasons which have induced the Finance Committee to vote the different items, and I admit that in this respect, they have some ground for complaint; but it seems to me that it is not the fault of the Government if the Unofficial Members give a silent vote in favour of some payment of which has been discussed and recommended by the Finance Committee.
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I have felt, for some time past, and before the present discussion was raised by Mr. McGwen,