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Questions by Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock.
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REGE 19 JAN 16
1. What steps is the Government or His Excellency the Governor taking to fill up the place of the late Mr. Hewett on
the Executive Council?
2.
Is it not the fact that I was a Member of the Executive Council, as acting Attorney General, for periods of time amount- ing to nearly 3 years, and is it not the fact that I acted in addition as an Un-official Member of that Council during the last absences on leave in Europe of Sir Paul Chater and Mr. Hewett respectively, in the year 1911 and 1912?
3. Has the Government or has His Excellency the Governor sent any despatch, and, if so, when, to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies recommending any, and, if so, what person as successor to Mr. Hewett on the Executive Council?
4. If any such despatch has been addressed to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has the Right Honourable Gentleman been informed in such despatch of the facts referred to in the above question? Will the Government lay such despatch (if any) upon the table of this Council?
5. Will the Government recommend to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies that the two Un-official. Members of the Executive Council shall be elected Members, instead of being nominated by the Goverment?
6. Will the Government recommend to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies that all the Un-official Members of the Legislative Council shall be elected, instead of two-thirds of them being nominated by the Government, and also that the number of Un-official Members in that Council be in-
creased?