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through if not

are officially subordinate to, and receive orders from the Colonial Secretary, and it is not convenient to bring them on to a beach with him. Stans hassung

The famil trade W. Smith The

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Registrar General, & M., when he left Hong Kong, Mr. Phine who is Surveyor General, in order to obviate the difficulty of making a

from the absence of any matter

Gnomum -

and this practice may diminish friction in future,

but the present permanent appointment of subordinate officers

Virtute officii

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in which disability; we all such appoint one to showed as heretofore

for only much personal to the officers, who in the time being is most fitted in the position. (Putting up subordinates is not likely to diminish friction in official correspondence,

spondence, or to delineate Volume.) Mr. Lister & Mr. Phine would usually

a Mr. Re good Dumas for execution Committee, but they pretty will exhaust all possible persons - If it should be determined to let the Farran

part of his wishes W. Lister might begin a Journal seat; so for deputation Council-

adish he be that demon of the Civil Service

hand me

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sve I must have hand of A

In this dislike that there is any further discontent or irritation "regard Dr. Steven's position day #TL" "Daly

on the subject-

Was Fully.

Official Member

given that he could not take his seat as an unofficial under the Royal Instructions, and that before the Act of this prorogation.

Existing Instructions had been rehanded and have

with a view to their being sworn before H.M. at the first meeting of the Privy Council _ as The Officer Commanding the troops his absence from the Council is not

as regard The result of way in a direction worker for he was never a member, as that. It appears that by the Earliest Royal Instructions that the Governor was empowered to appoint three members of the Council, that this was done in 1843 in favour of D'Aguilar Then Commanding the troops, but that his name does not appear in the Other Book after 1843. It is probable that the subsequent Commanding Officer was not appointed until 1859 when the Instructions were revised. In 1855 however Colonel

Caine The Lieutenant Governor

was appointed Journally byarrants under the Sign Manual, but it does not seem that any subsequent Commanding Officer has sat in the Legislative Council, (The General Department has supplied this information, as it did not appear in the Branch Book.

The proposal that the Chamber Commerce & the Board of Magistrates shall each recommend Members is rubbish; a

Vacancy occurs

the choice of a successor cannot

men with each of responsibility his ability some then off on Jan

Whinem

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double

When is personally known to the Governor _ & if he is in any way his Colonial Secretary will know them all soon better than the Governor does-

the place is so small that the Chamber of

Consistion of, all nationalities

Commerce is not a very important body, and their recommendation cannot be considered by the Chairman & me on two more- The Governor must be responsible for recommending any

a this beyond just of. Citation brings chain of one as a member of Council. If he increase it to

Unofficials he will find it difficult to find competent British Subjects to fill Vacancies unless he takes the manager of Banks who I think are scarcely the class to select from

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Nor is the proper ratio of six officials & six unofficial, any improvement in the direction

of Popularizing

The Council - There

no

is probably 80 colony shores Adix years hence is no little regard, the community changing rapidly; Mr. Robinson is probably the only member for many years.

who has dated longest & the

Prospect of re-appointment virtually satiations the limit _ for in fraction be appointment would

be. The