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United thing.

Kingdom. ва

aver

going

J

nito these details because

it was

proposed in

the Minutes that I

should point out

whether

any of

the

baths in the return

could

properly be

abolished.

перего

Sir R. Mac Donnell

Copecially to the

omission at Hong

chong trong

in not administering

to Councillors the batte

which is administered

in other, Colomies to

persons assuming

that

Office and which binds

them to secrecy

in the

seareay and

fidelity

д

the performance

their peculiar duties

and the

suggests

the holders of

Offices, such

as

that

important

Executive

Counsellors Indges

auro

Legislative Councillors,

should take the baths

of Office peculiar

the high trusts vested

in them.

The Circular

referred

to appears to

traver

ein