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No. XXXIV.—GOVERNMENT. 
By E. W. BRABEOOK, Esq. 
a. The head of the Government .—1. What is his title ? 2. 
How is he appointed ? 3. If by election, with whom does the 
election rest ? 3 a. If by succession, what are the limits of the 
succession? 4. May females succeed? 5. May minors? 6. 
Who will be his probable successor ? 7. What is the extent 
of his power ? 8. How does he exercise it ? 9. What is- his 
personal character? 10. Are his people well affected to his 
rule ? 11. How long has the present system of Government 
been maintained? 12. Are there frequent revolutions? and 
have they affected only the individual ruler, or extended to an 
alteration of the system ? 
(3. Inferior Offices. —13. Petty chiefs : have they independent 
jurisdiction ? 14. Does their power act as a check on that of 
the head ? 15. To what extent are they accountable to him ? 
16. Are they elective or hereditary ? 17. Does the power of 
each inferior chief extend over a sept personally attached to 
himself? 18. Has it territorial limits ? 19. Do quarrels arise 
between chiefs ? and are they settled by reference to the head, 
or by war, or how otherwise ? 20. What is the extent of their 
power over their subjects ? 21. Have their subjects any right 
of appeal to the head or to any other authority ? 22. How 
does the system work ? 23. What are the number of inferior 
jurisdictions ? and are there any distinctions of rank between 
them ? 24. Do the inferior chiefs ever meet in council ? 
25. Counsellors or Ministers : how are these appointed ? 
26. Have they any authority independent of the will of the 
head ? 27. What offices do they hold ? 28. Have they any 
direct power over the people ? and how do they exercise it ? 
29. Is the head virtually ruled by his counsellors ? or does he 
exercise an individual will ? 30. Is he ruled by favourites ? 
31. Is he ruled by women ? 32. Is there any machinery of 
government, or any established constitution ? 33. What is 
the revenue of the chief and of the other rulers and officers ? 
34, How is it raised ? 
