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      <name>Speaker, Presentation to Governor</name>
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        <heading>Speaker, Presentation to Governor</heading>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3117" referenceid="583f7c527097477685dae5c101c72430">The SPEAKER (15:20):</by>  It is now my intention to proceed to Government House to present myself as Speaker to the Governor, and I invite all members to accompany me.</text>
        <text id="2024041153ab764e6c6846cf80000524">At 15:20, accompanied by a deputation of members, the Speaker proceeded to Government House.</text>
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          <event>On the house reassembling at 15:38:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Accompanied by a deputation of members, I proceeded to Government House for the purpose of presenting myself to Her Excellency the Governor and informed Her Excellency that, in pursuance of the powers conferred on the assembly by section 34 of the Constitution Act, the House of Assembly had proceeded to the election of Speaker and had done me the honour of election to that high office. Her Excellency has been pleased to reply:</text>
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          <inserted>The honourable The Speaker and the Honourable Members of the House of Assembly.</inserted>
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          <inserted>I congratulate the members of the House of Assembly on their choice of the Speaker.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson Governor</inserted>
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