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LEGRAM NUMBER 372 OF 2 APRIL

YOUR TELNO 327: NATIONALITY BILL : PQ ON CROWN SERVICE BY MR

JOHN TILLEY.

MY TELEGRAM 366 OF 1 APRIL. SOME DOUBT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED AS TO THE ANSWER GIVEN ON APPOINTED MEMBERS OF STATUTORY BOARDS (CATEGORY F). IT HAS NOW BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE

MADE BY THE GOVERNOR THEN THEY MIGHT BE REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN

MADE ON BEHALF OF THE CROWN. IF YOU SHARE THIS VIEW THEN YOU WILL

WISH TO KNOW THAT THE NUMBER OF SUCH APPOINTMENTS IS ESTIMATED AT

BETWEEN 800 AND 1,000 IN ALL.

MACLEHOSE

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