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the part of the Governor, duty of continuous peremptory obligation, it would have
in a more
been conveyed decisive manner, if not ___ embodied in his instructions.
6.
ets regards the
Excentive Council, the Governor's formal instructions, issued
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lately as 19th January, 1888,
do not enjoin a weekly meeting; and in providing
body
that that body shall not_
"proseed to business until
'duly.
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" duly summoned by authority " of the Governor" (section VII),
in
they would seem to
imply that, subject to the provisions
of section &, the dates of:
meeting
7.
were
left entirely to
the Governor's discretion.
Under these circumstaneco,
and being of opinion that to work for a weekly-
provide work
meeting of this Council in Hongkong would involve the
discussion of " matters
too unimportant to require
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their