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It is laid down in the Instructions under tbe Royal Sign Manual and Signet, dated the 10th March, 1925, that the
Executive Council of the Colony shall, save as thereinafter provided, consist of such persons not exceeding four, holding
pubhc offices within the Colony as the Governor may. by un Instrument or Iustraments made in His Majesty's
name and under the Public Seal of the Colony, constitute and appoint'to be Members thereof. Whenever any such
Member shall die, or resign his seat in the 3aid Council, or be absent from the Colony, or be lawfully suspended from his
office, or become from any cause incapable of discharging the duties thereof, the Governor may by any such
Instrument as aforesaid nominate any otber person w h o m he shall think lit, being within the Colony, to fill any such
vacancy.
In addition to the Members appointed under the preceding clause the Governor may, by an Instrument
made in His Majesty's name and under the Public Seal of the Colony, appoint any fit persons residing in the
Colony, not exceeding three in nnmber at any one time, to be Members of the said Executive Council, and summon such
Additional Members to the meetings of the said Executive Council on any occasion on which he shall think it desirable
to obtain their advice.
Provided that meetings of the said Executive Council
be held to be duly constituted notwithstanding that the
said Additional Members may not have been summoned thereto.
A n Additional Member of the Executive Council sball vacate his seat as Additional Member ac the end of three
years from tbe date of the Instrument by which he is appointed.