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They intimated to me the course they proposed taking with reference to the vote. I expressed my willingness to see them whenever convenient and they accordingly had an interview with me. They then informed me that, after having given the question their best consideration, they had arrived at the conclusion not to oppose the vote, provided the official members would agree to the substance of certain Resolutions which they had prepared and which they submitted to me.
I stated that I felt sure it was the desire of Her Majesty's Government that the vote asked for should be agreed to without any such division of opinion as would require the official votes to be recorded