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comparatively young man who is still familiar with the Chinese language... and presuming the permanent holder of the post to be on leave or otherwise absent, the chances are that a still younger man would become his locum tenens.
If therefore his temporary office was combined with that of the Colonial Treasurer, it might, I think, be doubtful whether the latter should remain a "ex-officio member of the Executive Council.
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The first Royal Instructions under which he became a member were apparently those of the 11th October, 1886, he being continued as such under the Instructions of the 19th of January, 1888.
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