clauses. They form part of the Rojal
Instructions of another Eastern Colony.
and they have been inearted in those
for Hong Kong subject to your con-
currence.
(8) Claus. XXI.gives the Governor,
when absent, power to appoint any
Member to preside at a meeting of the
Legislative Council.
(9) Clause XXV. amplifies the existing
Instructions as to numbering and dating
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important words "not being a govern-
ment measure are inserted to make
it clear that if a Bill, by nature
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a Private Bill, is taken up by the
Government, it ceases to be a Private
Bill within this clause.
(12) Clauses XXXII and XXXIII (
Appointment and suspension of Public
Officers) have been amended in
order to bring them more into accord
with the Colonial Regulations.
I have &c.,
ass
MINUTE.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ordinances.
Mr.
(10) Clause XXVI
(Bills not to be
assentd to). Class 3 (Salaries of
Public Officers) of the existing
Clause XXII has been omitted, as doubts
have been expressed as to whether dis
view of this restriction, a Governor could
properly assent to an Appropriation
Ordinance.
(11) Clause XXVII (Private Bills) I
would especially direct your attention
to the new form of the clause, The
important
Mr. Read
Sir H. Just
Sir G. Fiddes.
Mr. Steel-Maitland.
Mr. Bonar Law.