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and possibly in some other Colonies,

with whose

usages

I am not

personally conversant..

12.

if

Now, what I am

on

Sten

anxious to impress Majesty's Government is that,

still persuaded of the experiency of maintaining there personal Confidential relations between a Governor and his Executive Council, in Colonies having responsible Governments which were so

recently considered necessary and useful in

Australia and Amerien, steps

• should be promptly taken to

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to assimilate the practice in all Ster Majesty's Colonies.

13.

&

without

fact, I may observe any disparagement

the minor politics of

this small

place, although it is comparatively

an

unimportant what outh Executive Councillor of Songkong

under this Constitution takes

or

omits to take - it

important

as

may constituting

become

precedent here which may affect "the practice elsewhere.

14.

I would therefore

respectfully suggest that

very

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