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public who are concerned in the improvement resulting in the sanitary condition of the City, and it therefore Dr Form the Verandah at page Hig selmo equitable.

of Crown Lease and regulations will be found at 4.4. of the Land Commission report, from which it will be seen that this Crown has the power of resumption for public purposes best subject to this and certain other covenants, the Crown lease cannot be limited in his condition how right, unless by legislature. "But no act can be obtained and if likely y how? ag. the A dut

The Legislative Council: is composed of six official members, the Governor, and five unofficial members elected by the Seace, who are also British subjects." Of the unofficial members, one is elected by the Justices of the Peace, another is elected by the members of the Chamber of Commerce - Three others, one of whom is Chinese, are nominated by the Governor.

A law requiring 10" feet and H feet of reconstruction could only be passed by the valid vote of the official members, unless arranged to give compensation for resumption of spaces to settle, because the landlord could not be allowed as much per foot for what was taken for space, and which would accrue from having better dwellings to let. Every unofficial member would

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