CO129-594-9 Membership of Legislative and Executive Councils 31-12-1945 - 14-1-1947 — Page 87

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

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Council, and indeed as I have only recently discovered I

am practically obliged to have him on, since by the Standing Orders of the Council the Director of Public Works

So that when Kenniff

is a member of one, and Chairman of another, of the

Standing Committees of the Council.

arrives, probably about the end of this month, I will

appoint him provisionally in place of Hazlerigg, who is

uite willing to stand dorm and will resign his seat.

The six unofficial members are those whose names

There are still

were agreed upon before I left England.

two places to be filled.

One of these is to be nominat ed

by the Justices of the Peace, and I expect to get this

done very soon. Not long thereafter I hope to be in a

position to make a recommendation for the filling of the

last place.

Yours sincerely

kranke

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