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On 18 February 1908 the Governor, the Rt Hon Viscount Chelmsford, designated eight principal executive offices of the Government, and appointed the following Members of the Parliament of Queensland to the Ministry as follows:

Office Minister

Premier
Chief Secretary

William Kidston

Deputy Premier
Secretary for Public Instruction

Andrew Henry Barlow, MLC

Attorney-General
Secretary for Mines

James Blair
Secretary for Public Lands Joshua Thomas Bell
Treasurer Peter Airey
Secretary for Agriculture Thomas O'Sullivan, MLC

Home Secretary

Arthur Hawthorn

Secretary for Railways
Secretary for Public Works

George Kerr