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in the direction pointed out by the Directors of the Company, or if this is not considered desirable —
whether Your Lordship is of opinion that I should assent to the Bill which has been passed by the Colonial Legislature.
6. There is no doubt, as is indeed admitted by Mr Francis in his letter, that all the formalities required by the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council as affecting this measure have been fulfilled, which are substantially the same as the requirements mentioned in Article XXIII of the Royal Instructions of the 19th of January, 1888.
7. I understand that the Directors of the Company are desirous that something should be done in the matter without delay.