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akstame prone smarking, that though his spring
Post Master his successor has had
the acting
theavier Mails and a greater complication of duate / partly owing to official Postage Stamps) performed, with a smaller and less expensive Establishment to assist him, not a single complaint (though his conduct has been tested by a more lengthened period of service) has been made
against average time which he has taken
heese, and the
to deliver the Mails has been 4½ Hours, whilst I
understand Mr. Scales took 400½ hours for this
Service and sometimes more... until after PM. Scales's death, that I was
his Medical Attendant, that his health was reported to have been for some time seriously affected by Sickness
I have only to state that the time of the Colonial Secretary was entirely occupied in receiving and investigating charges against the late Postmaster and the
mass of complaints from the Admiral himself downwards, seemed to most persons in
the Colony to render his removal from Office
necessary.
In reply to your Lordship's commands
that I should state for the information of the Postmaster General what Establishment I consider
it would be reasonable to assign to the Postmaster and other members of the Post Office in this
Colony,
I beg to infer from your Lordship's that I consider the Post Master should have a Salary of £800
Jr Annums, and that his Chief Clerk should have
Salary of £350 ft. Annum. These two Officers might possibly be sufficient for present purposes, but if the work of the Office
in all likelihood it will increase when regular
Communication is established, another inferior Clerk would be required at a salary of not less than £200.
Oer trevue...
Speel brand to recommend J. Spring, the acting Post Master to the proposed
office of Postmaster.