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bluck of bouncils, and I therefore
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apprehended that I should be ruled out of order, if I attempted to speak in bouncil
notice of motion given within twenty four hours. But the Govenor has repeatedly de- clared that the practice of the Imperial Parliament applies to the procedure of the Legislative Council here, and I need not appeal to the authorities on Parliamentary precedure for vidence as to the well known practice of the House of Commons to accord the great- ist indulgence to members of the House who desire to raise questions of privi- legs, not only in respect of precedence over all other business, but in grant-
them pumission to speak with- out notice.
ing
His Excellency however not only positively refused
me per-
question
at
sven to
mission to speak to the all, but declined to allow me wron state its nature and though at a
subsequent meeting of the Council held on
the 1th current, at which I
was not present, His Excellency laboured to shore, in reference to
a
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