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the Government of India with the previous sanction
5f the Home Government.

The legislature of India was re-constituted in
1861 by the Indian Council's Act. This statute, as
extended or amended by statutes passed in 186s,
1869, 1870, 1871, 1874, and 1892, forms the basis of
the existing Government #7 India, of British Indian
territories.

It will be as well to name the statutes referred
to, and then to give a short resumé of the system
they introduced. They were the following: 28 and
20 Victoria, Cap. 17, 1865; 32 and 33 Victoria,
Caps. 97 and 98, 1869; 33 Victoria, Cap. 3, 1870;
34 and 33 Victoria, Cap. 34, 1871; 37 and 38 Victoria,
 Cap. 91, 1874; and 55 and 56 Victoria, Cap. 14.
Council of Governor-General.
The Governor-General of India is advised generally,
 both in the executive and legislative departments,
 by a Council composed of five ordinary
members ; this number may be increased to six by
appointment by the Queen, and may subsequently be
again diminished at her pleasure. Three of these
members must be qualified by service under the
Government of India for, at least, ten years,. These
three members were, by the Act 21 and 22 Victoria,
Cap. 106, 1858, appointed by the Secretary of
State with the concufrence of a majority of the
members of his Council, but by 32 and 33 Victoria,
Caps. 97 and 98, their appointment was vested in the