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chat without the essent of the

Legislature the Lunicipality could not incrouse

the rates of existing taxation within its allotted fiel,

as this would be in conflict with the iundamental

principle of genuine financial reuponsibility.

(j) As regarde paragraphe

41 of your despatch

under-reference I an: izelinų to think that it would

be best to utvrt the Council with the services

of a secondød Government officer as To.n

Clerk but that, soon after its inception,

the Council should be moved to ask l'or an

experienced Town Clerk from this country.

If

Kaee Bir T. Lloyd's minute of 12.12.46.)

3.

the request for & Town Clerk from this country

were made at the instance or the Council he might

be more likely to enjoy their good will.

As regards the question raised in pregraph 30 or your

despatch I consider that commercial auditors would be

preferable as marking the independence of the Council from

the Government but agree that the appointment of the auditor &

should be subject to the epproval ci the troveLHOR.

4. I agree with the recovenue pion in perogrogh 42 of your

despatch under reference that no power of veto should be

Peserved to the Governor. If, however, full responsibility is

transferred to the Council in respect of any mutter (o.g. port

health suministration) which is subject to any international

CODY on, it would be necessary to make some provision

that the stipul tions of the convention were

(see Me Caine's

Миша

16.12.46

K

gree with your p.oposals Ior inerowsing the

çisi members of the Legi.l.tive Council to

he number of oficialember to 7 and for providing

of four of the sight wasfixias members. ther importent points discussed in your

güneral sgreement with your views and would

in detail in an open telugrom or despatch when

a reached on the points raised in porograph 2 above.

17.

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