"and for economising generally by the amalgamation of certain offices." In this opinion, Your Lordship is already aware, I concur. And finally it asserts that there is a similar consensus of opinion as to the necessity "for a reformation in the constitution of the Legislative Council, and as to the uselessness in the Council as at present constituted of the presence of unofficial element which is habitually overruled by the official vote". The question of the constitution of the Legislative Council is a very large question, and I do not propose at present to discuss it; but I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of testifying that I have during the short time that I have been here frequently derived advantage and benefit from the presence of the unofficial element in the Council, and of expressing the hope that I may frequently derive