23.
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His
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acting for the Colonial vécretary and Auditor General. -
23.
Sir George Bonham
appeared later,
when I called
upon him and respectfully requested permission to bring
to your Grace's
my
case
notice, which permission
was
instantly Excelleney..
assorted
Gy this
24.-
I bas
to submit
nowt
to your Grace chat whenever
Colonel
Caine
is
sick and
consequently unable to attend Office, the practive has always
been this:- Colonel Caine
Sends
me
all
the official
crorespondence addreped to him,
and
requires me
on
to carry at the offices, by
his duties my Submitting the
the letters to
the lovernor, and receiving
Excellency's orders thereon, which I do; and when
received
letters
answer, that
f
any call for
the
am
answer by order
of the Governor is prepared by me, submitted to hime for approval, and then as fair copy mare
out and
Tent to Colonel Caine's house
for his signature..
25-
I beg further to
remark that whenever the head of a Department
in
this Colony has been granted leave of absences, his duties have invariably been under. =täken by
his immediate Subordinate in the Establishment,
a s
will appear from Despatches addressed to the Colonial Office,