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Price had at his own
to
request been allowed
resign the post of Asting Colonial
Secretary
and to return to his duties as
Surveyor General.
as
Colonial Secretary
Mr. May had consented to act and Auditor General. "With regard to the Treasurership, Vois Excellency said he had wished to appoint Mr Carvalho to be Treasurer,
but he had been unable to do so, —–
because on
referring the question to
the cAttorney General a legal objection
was
of
found to exist to the appointment an alien to any office which carried
with it a
-right
to a seat
Legislative Council.
on
the
The Governor added that, c
existed in this
Naturalization Ordinance existed.
Colony, and he thought the opportunity
might be taken for the Attorney General
to
prepare
Naturalization of Alien Bill,
a
the Bill to contain a reservation douse.
every
Such legislation prevailed
other
Colony
that he knew of -
in
The Attorney General said that
its existence in this Colony assumed by
was
in
fact
some of the local laws such
as the Oaths Ordinan
ncl
The Council concurred generally
with Ibis Excelleney in the desirability of
allowing Naturalization of alien.
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