}
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Clause II of the Commission,
but it would appear to be - consistent with the principle on which the Sonorable the
Colonial Secretary is, in the first instance, nominated to
succeed to the Acting Governorship notwithstanding
the higher preceder
precedence in the
Colony of His Excellency the
General Commanding
a
principle which is
probably
based on the
ground that the
Colonial Secretary having up
10
to that moment been the
chief adviser of the vacating Governor, has that untionate
acquaintance with all -
current affairs, which enables
him better than
any
one else
to take up the threads and _
carry
on the work of
Government.
On the arrival of
Mc Fleming after 6 months
absence I shall have been.
nearly
4 months in office,
and thoroughly
conversant
with