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I have the honour to transmit the enclosed copy of a letter addressed by the Honourable Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., to
the Colonial Secretary covering copies of a letter addressed under
date of the 9th. of March direct to you by Mr. Pollock and of a
Petition signed by a number of British residents in this Colony
praying for greater representation of the Public on the Executive and Legislative Councils; together with the accompanying copy of correspondence between the Colonial Secretary and Mr. Pollock on
the subject of certain points in the letter which he has addressed
to you. I have not dealt earlier with this matter because I was
waiting to learn whether you wished for my comments on these
communications sent, as they were direct, to you.
2.
The Petitioners ask that two additional Un-
-official Members may be added to the Executive Council, one to be elected by the Chamber of Commerce and the other by the Non- -Official Justices of the Peace, and that any future vacancies on the Council may be filled by election by one of those bodies. No reasons are adduced for this change in the Constitution except that the two bodies mentioned "have long been recognised as representa- -tives of the Public for electoral purposes".
3.
The Petitioners also ask that an Un-official
majority be created in the Legislative Council by increasing the
number
RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P..
&C..
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