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the Committee when originally appointed thereto, and that Mr Belilios declined to serve on a Committee constituted in the manner desired by Mr. Whitehead.
9. In the event of the Unofficial members of Council being appointed a Committee to enquire into and report on the expenditure of the Colony with a view to the recommendation of such economies as it may be practicable to effect, I hardly think that the letters of appointment need contain an intimation that the views of the Committee, whatever they may be, will not necessarily prevail, as contemplated by Mr. Whitehead. The misconception is one into which no member but Mr. Whitehead is likely to fall, and it is the more singular that he should have allowed himself to give expression to it, because his letters clearly shew that, when
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