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Memorandum

1. In compliance with the Royal Command, a plan for the institution of government by Prime Minister and for the establishment of a Legislative Council has been drawn up.

Owing to the limited time at our disposal, this plan has been worked out with a certain element of haste and there is no pretension that it is perfect or final.

2. In practice it will be found that the success of the plan would entirely depend upon the question of personnel. This is all the more so in the case of the Prime Minister and the cabinet. The choice of the Prime Minister is of extreme importance.

3. The establishment of a Legislative Council, however, implies a very fundamental change in the present constitution. It constitutes a first step towards parliamentary government, and when once it is set up, the tendency will naturally be to extend its activities and increase its power.

4. Is the present an opportune time to effect a fundamental change in the constitution?

There is at present a feeling of dissatisfaction prevailing amongst a certain class of people, brought about primarily by the