CO129-217 - Governor Sir Bowen Administrator Marsh - 1884 [7-10] — Page 170

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Department confesses

its error in

over-ruting

-ruting the opcision

paviously over of the Attorney - General

of this

Colony (Mr O'Malley), and now

admit that he was,

his view

· right in

respecting certain legal

points connected with the

important subject of the proper constitution of the Legislative

Council in this Colony.

2.

I have in due course

Communicated the despatch under

it to the Executive

acknowledgment

Concil, which concurs with we

in the suggestion which I

ventured

Gor 1869

ventured to make in

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шу

despatch

of the 5th May ultimes, to

the effect that it might be well

that decisions over.

over r

the

ructing them legal points of Law Officers of the Crown in the

opinions

Colonies should be made on

the advice of the Law Officers of

the Crown in England and not

on

merely the advice of the Colonial of the Colonial Department in Doroning Street,

for, with all due respect for that Departruent, the opinion of the Low Officers of necessarily carry far

the Crown would

More

weight,

aud

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