to suggest any Officer
on
whom
Minis
buty
could be imposed..
It appears to me that
Officer of this sort is requisite,
and that it will be therefore
nese pary,
in the event of the
Colonial Secretary and Treasurer's
person, to appoint an
being
one
Auditor, and for £500 per
annum
I could find
gentleman on the spot capable
of undertaking the duties,
without
additional expense
any
7.-
This is
a
question
for Council, toto.
however, that can be better
settled in England than here,
and on
the description and
extent of papers that will
be required by the separate
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Departments at Home, must depend the possibility of altering the present system. To guard myself against responsibility hereafter, I beg to remark that
do not recommend the abolition of the Office of Treasurer; but it certainly is
an expensive one for the duties it has to perform
and it is
possible
that there
may
be in some of the
Colonies
precedents which
may be acted
here. -
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As a
matter
of economy
therefore suggest the question for the consideration
and
decision of those whose
more peculiar duties should render them able to speak confidently on the subject,