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exceeds
port (the tonnage of which sæeuds 54 millions, that is, greater than
other British Port
that of any except London and Liverpool), it will be recollected that we have here to take into account about
three thousand (3,000) of Her_ Majesty's
d
seamen and soldiers
and their dependents.
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On the other hand,
4. the existing Legislative Council
· is
practically a Municipal
· Conneil. Two-thirds
of
the
1 business transacted by it is of
a.
a
Municipal character. And it
can be no longer reasonably alleged in any quarter that it does not fairly represent the -
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community at large. On
-my- assumption of this Government in 1883, I found that the Council consisted of nine Members, of whom seven Official and only two Unofficial and unpaid members; - all __ appointed absolutely by the Crown. This state of things naturally caused great and not unreasonable dissatisfaction
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