CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12] — Page 272

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M. 287 of

: the 13th of August, that in Your Lordship's .

on there is no opinion

Sa

8096

sufficient

reason to alter the Royal Instructions in virtue of

which the Colonial Treasurer

is ex

officio a member of the Executive and Legislative

Councils.

2.

I entirely agree,

in principle, with what is

enunciated in the 3rd

paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch under acknowledgment,

271

viz. that if a young officer

is fit,

to hold

an

important

post, he is also fit to be a

member

of

the Executive

Council, but I thought it

well to

warn

Your Lordship

of the feeling which will be aroused by placing

comparatively junior in

one,

the service, over the heads

of many of his seniors.

When the Governor

3.

returns to the

Colony

he

will no doubt furnish

...

viz.

Your

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M. 287 of : the 13th of August, that in Your Lordship's . on there is no opinion Sa 8096 sufficient reason to alter the Royal Instructions in virtue of which the Colonial Treasurer is ex officio a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils. 2. I entirely agree, in principle, with what is enunciated in the 3rd paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch under acknowledgment, 271 viz. that if a young officer is fit, to hold an important post, he is also fit to be a member of the Executive Council, but I thought it well to warn Your Lordship of the feeling which will be aroused by placing comparatively junior in one, the service, over the heads of many of his seniors. When the Governor 3. returns to the Colony he will no doubt furnish ... viz. Your
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M. 287 of : the 13th of August, that in Your Lordship's . on there is no opinion Sa 8096 sufficient reason to alter the Royal - Instructions in virtue of which the Colonial Treasurer is ex officio a member of the Excentive and Legislative Councils. 2. Ientirely agree, prinsiple, with what is enunciated in the 3rd in paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch under acknowledgment, 271 viz. that if a young officer is fit, to hold an important post, he is also fit to be a member of the Excontive Council, but I thought it well to warn Your Lordship of the feeling which will be aroused by placing comparatively junior in one, the service, over the heads of many of his seniors. When the Governor 3. returns to the Colony he. will no doubt furnish viz. Your
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M. 287 of

: the 13th of August, that in Your Lordship's .

on there is no opinion

Sa

8096

sufficient

reason to alter the Royal - Instructions in virtue of

which the Colonial Treasurer

is ex

officio a member of the Excentive and Legislative

Councils.

2.

Ientirely agree,

prinsiple, with what is

enunciated in the 3rd

in

paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch under acknowledgment,

271

viz. that if a young officer

is fit,

to hold

an

important

post, he is also fit to be a

member

of

the Excontive

Council, but I thought it

well to

warn

Your Lordship

of the feeling which will be aroused by placing

comparatively junior in

one,

the service, over the heads

of many of his seniors.

When the Governor

3.

returns to the

Colony

he.

will no doubt furnish

viz.

Your

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