§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the appointments of members of the Transvaal Land Settlements Board will be made by the Governor on the advice of his responsible Ministers, or will be made by this Governor on his own initiative and responsibility; and, if these appointments are to be made by the Governor on his own initiative and responsibility, what is he reason for the distinction in the method of making these appointments from the method of making appointments to the membership of Legislative Councils subsequent to the first 1031 Legislative Council, which is to be not by the Governor alone, but by the Governor in council; and to whom is the Governor responsible in the making of these appointments.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe appointments will be made by the Governor, and not by the Governor on the advice of his responsible Ministers. The appointments to the Land Board, which is only to last five years, will, like the first appointments to the Legislative Council, be made by the Governor, the object being to ensure that the Land Board shall not be open to any political influence. The Governor in this matter is responsible to the Secretary of State.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill the Governor first submit the names to the Secretary of State?
§ MR. CHURCHILLAll appointments will be approved from here.