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Your Lordship that I have, under Clause XIV of the Royal Instructions of 14th January, 1888, appointed provisionally and until Her Majesty's pleasure may be signified, Mr Norman Gilbert Mitchell-Innes, Acting Registrar General, Official Member to be a member of the Legislative Council vice Mr W. M. Deane, whose appointment as Acting Colonial Secretary is reported in my despatch No.51 of yesterday's date.
Mr W. Deane as Colonial Secretary holds an ex-officio seat on the Council, and unless I had provisionally appointed another official member there would have been a clear majority of unofficials which at the present time, when the question of increasing the Military contribution is about to be submitted to the Council...
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