CO129-064 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [8-10] — Page 50

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the Legislative control conferred upon the office hold and it

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the corrcol

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tness of that opinion

that I moved on the 18th

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nitima that Copies of ester Majesty's Orders in Council, constituting this Colony British possession, should

be

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nestense

Benders would convey ins the Legislative Powers of the

Members.

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"The "Standing "Rules" submitted for my report contemplate the Rehearsal, of I may be permitted so to cxprcosit of powers the Members of this Council do

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not possess - those Rules would - with great appropriateness of distion and of purport, muit the Requirement of an

Elective Legislative Closembly but if admitted now as the " Standing Orders" for this Council - I think - they could but perplies the Members and thereby, retard the Progress of Public

Business;

-ergo in my _estimation the Rules before

me need revision and

considerable modification.

With regard to the

Admission of the Public within the Council (Chamber =

- myle-handed as I shall probably find myself in the opini

Tam deliberately