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VALEDICTORY SPEECH EX HON. R.E. LOBO

sir,

My unofficial colleagues and I would like to thank Sir Murray through you, for the very kind remarks which you have expressed on ais behalf,

It is very sed that Sir Murray is unable to be present here this afternoon and that he should be in any sense indisposed at this final stage of his stay.

On the other hand, it is a great relief that

Sir Murray is making such excellent progress toward recovery and on behalf of the whole community, I would like to convey to Sir Murray, through you, Sır, our sincere good wishes for his speedy return to a full and active life.

Sir, at this time, no doubt Sir Murray will

nevertheless be receiving many eloquent expressions of appreciation, But I hope the sentiments which I am privileged to convey on behalf of my unofficial colleagues in this Chancer, may have a special meaning, at this time.

Although we are conscious of his high office as Governor and know Sir Murray well, as President of this Council, we have also seen him as a helpful and concerned leader, inside and outside the Chamber.

His confidence in this Council is amply demonstrated by the dramatic increase in our membership under his Presidency and, I trust, we have responded by the greatly increased attention which an enlarged Council has been able to give to the examination of proposed legislation; to the consideration of public policy; the scrutiny of the public finances and the implementation of Government programres

It is the vogue to disparsge legislative bodies which are less than fully democratic but in the real world the fully elective principle is the exception rather than the rule and with far less reason than prevails here.

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