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M.L.C.

At present M. Price sits in bott Councils as Mi Price & not as

Survey or general, and thees he block's one of the conofficial places: It is I think

salaried government

not desirable that a

Savant should be an unofficial beraber,

but it is better than putting the sur-

· Geyer general

There can be no

on the Council

M: Belilios

as

objection to appointing

acting

M.d.c. When

M: Price cornes on leave: all that is

known about him

officially – i

+

is that he

may

be well

fiued a statue of dad Braconsfieldato

the city;

but while it

to have one

Chinese member two

would be rather many just at present

See 2751

UrWarsfield

CPL

25-Feb

"The Commive consiste nommielly

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of 5 officio members and 4

in consequence unofficial members, but in of the union of the Mlonial Secretarysting and the Auditor Generalship one ex officio member is loss to the Council. On the other hand one official person has been appointed unofficial

member. Thus there are 8 members instead

of 9, 4x

officis members instead ofs,

and 3 lay members mislead of 4.

Thebein it is not intended

to disunite the officer of Cocomial Secretary and Auditor General. The

Conernor proposes to reconstitute the

offices Connie so as to gure 5 exc

nominally,

member, really

well a

and 4 laymembers, 2 Euroheron and of Chinese. He suggest the Surveyor wome

th

5

& offices member. But if this h

for

objectionable perhaps another officer can be found. As to Chinese members

See 2757

are

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M 2/3

I should be disposed to have thing as they If Mr. Keswick pres marry they might saved him as a permanent Cenneither and Mr. Batilio, & afpirated temporarily in the ahonce & chehill (who seems to be ignored in this despatch though he is inly absent on leave till June 30)

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