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the vacant seat.

3. Though the consideration which makes it necessary to add an official member to the Legislative Council in place of the General Officer Commanding

the

does not exist in the case of/Executive Council, I would recommend that the Director of Public Works be

also made an ex officio member of the Executive Council, and that I be given authority to appoint from time to time the officer discharging the functions of Captain Superintendent of Police to be a (nominated) official member of the Executive Council, as I consider that it would be useful and

convenient to have his advice on the Council.

4. I would also recommend that unofficial

members of the Legislative Council who are also members of the Executive Council be given precedence in the Legislative Council over those unofficial members of the Legislative Council who are not members of the Executive Council. The object of this proposal is to ensure so far as possible that the position of senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council shall not in future always be held by persons of any one race, a result which seems probable under present conditions owing to the greater permanence of residence here of the Chinese members.

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I venture to forward herewith draft

additional instructions giving effect to these proposals for your consideration. This draft follows the precedent of the additional instructions of the 15th November, 1928, and does not attempt to embody even the permanent portions of the additional

instructions