here at the expiration of his
leave under the impression
above alluded to, I should be
glad to be informed, in time, whether love Lordship supports
my reading of
the documents
above described, under which,
I hold, that the Colonial.
Secretary having been absent when the Commission of 1884
" took effect" I thereby
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"plenure and that, except by
a special notification of eter
Majesty's pleasure to the
I have - pending
contrary,
the
schern of Sir G. W. Des Weny the arrival of his successor.
right, under that Commission, to retain the Office notwithstand.
ing
the return of the Colonial Secretary
to the Colony.
I venture to think
that not only
is this the correct
legal interpretation of Clause XVI of the Letters Patent and
Clause