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Officials Governor 12. Colonial Secretary 13. Attorney General -4. Treasurer
P.W.
5. M. Cooper Dinein -6. Capt. Rumsey. He on martin
Unofficials
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M. Chater
2. M- Keswick
3. Mr Whitehead -4.1 Ho Kai
-5. Mr. Belilios
-7. M May. head
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The governor has a casting role.
a
The finance committee in HongHing plays
an important fact, d votes expenditure before in
datait before
it comes
before
the connat!
In the Legislative Council the governor has an original
d a
casting
nte.
"I am not quite sure whother this is
also the case with the colonial Secretary, in the finance
Committee but should
imagine
itis.
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possible, and I think
I think the chairman should be kept out of clivisions as much as the frown Colony system Whatever. To run it fine
friction
should be
left
in no doubt
will
only
cause constant
I would therefore suggest that one member should be added to the Onofficial side, making sixundji- ∙cials to seven officiale, including the governo, Cormeil. If the conofficials vote solid, the government
majority
Thill skills must be secured vore & there will be no
rote
the casting
by
in the
the governors orginal necessity to have resort to all the council with the exception. In the france committee the numbers will be equal; of the governor, the numbers them being 6 officials the colonial Sconetary will have to use his casting
The colonial Secretary is chairm
It consists
to 5 unofficials.
d
vote assuming he has one. But after all what is done in this committee can be put right
be put right in council.
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