CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 380

16 It remains to consider

Whether any step

can be taken

While not interfering with which would slightly modify the (roum Colony dystern the existing emetitution extent

in the direction in which the

petition points

There appear to be three practical suggestions to thich are

consideration

fort worthy of (4) Increasing the number of the Unofficial members in Legislative Council.

the

16) Introducing an unofficial

member element into the

an mus

Executive founcil (C) Creating" Council.

-17. As

Municipal

regards the first.

of these three points

I

im not inclined badd

to the number of

the

Unofficial members without at 376

inceasing

the same time inwas.

the number of official

also

members

for it appreces It comes to wear that in a

from folony there should

With this provis

ажу a very

on the

be

distinct preponders

Official

side, and that

the forective of Keeping

office of the natural result

of

If evenly balancing the numbers of officiale and conofficials is friction

and irritation.

as far as Iran

There is, as

judge, no strong objection

easing

to increasi

the numbers

of the Council, except that At for practical worthing

purposes

the number to

ahrady sufficiently longe. If linam

an addition is made,

it

is difficult on equitable grounds to resist the