January 15, the Consular Body (now increased, Tue customary order issued by
it will be noticed, to seventeen members) with regard to elections for the Municipal Council has appeared in our columns, and at 4 p.m. to-day the time fixed for the receipt of nomination papers expires. It is understood that seven members of the outgoing Council are a able for the coming term of office, and consequently the difficuly, not unknown in recent times, of securing even nine residents to undertake the conduct of the Settlement's affairs will not be experienced this year. Asa live and healthy community, however, we should not be satisfied with this negative indication of popular interest in self-government. That nomination, which in the circumstances is equivalent to
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