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correspondence, noted in the margin, steps were taken to
14653/563
atch No. 377 of 15th October, from the Secretary of State to Governor.
*
atch No. 33 of 23rd January, 1904, the Governor to the Secretary of State.
atch No. 48 of 28th February, 1905, from the Governor to the Secretary of State.
atch No. 62 of 7th April, 1905, from the Secretary of State to the Governor.
prepare an Ordinance on the lines of the draft Ordinance forwarded in Mr. Lyttelton's Despatch No. 62 of the 7th April, 1905.
357/05
3.
In anticipation of the transfer of the fund to the Colonial Government steps were taken to include in the Appropriation Bill for the year 1906 a sum sufficient for the payment of pensions and expenses of management during 1906; but when the Appropriation Bill came before the Legislative Council the Unofficial Members unanimously opposed the inclusion of this sum and, as reported in the 3rd paragraph of my Despatch No.243 of the 6th October, 1905, I gave an assurance prior to the third reading of the bill that Members in voting for that reading would not thereby be committed to the principle of the transfer of the fund to the Government.
4.
In the meantime I had been informed, as stated in the same paragraph of my above quoted Despatch, that the Civil Servants desired to make a representation to me in the matter, which representation, subsequently put forward by a small Committee under the Chairmanship
t
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correspondence, noted in the margin, steps were taken to
14653/563
atch No. 377 of 15th. October,
from the Secretary of State to Governor.
*
atoh No. 33 of 23rd January, 1904, the Governor to the secretary of
patch No. 48 of 28th. February, 1905) rom the Governor to thecretary of date.
gatch No. 62 of 7th. April, 1905, trom the Secretary of State to the
o
ournor.
prepare an Ordinance on the lines
of the draft Ordinance forwarded
in Mr. Lyttelton's Despatch No.
6a of the 7th. April, 1905.
357/05
3.
In anticipation of
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the transfer of the fund to the Colonial Government steps
were taken to include in the Appropriation Bill for the
year 1906 a sum sufficient for the payment of pensions and
expenses of management during 1906; but when the Appropria-
→tion Bill came before the Legislative Council the Un-
-official Members unanimously opposed the inclusion of this
sum and, as reported in the 3rd. paragraph of my Despatch
No.243 of the 6th. October, 1905, I gave an assurance prior
to the third reading of the bill that Members in voting for
that reading would not thereby be committed to the principle
of the transfer of the fund to the Government.
4.
In the meantime I had been inform-
-ed, as stated in the same paragraph of my above quoted
Despatch, that the Civil Servants desired to make a re-
-presentation to me in the matter, which representation,
subsequently put forward by a small Committee under the
Chairmanship
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