6.
69
Cf.
intimacy with Dr Bridges and who thought it most advisable that DF Bridges - services should be secured to
the b.
Colony. -
with which he
had been long officially connected
and of whose affairs he had
and
intimate knowledge Considerable experience. I
concluded that
Dr. Bridges
on the whole
was the best
appointment I could make, and the appointment was
confirmed by Mr. Secretary
Labauchert.
In reviewing G. Bridges
Career as
See 2982
57
in where t Gor stated hoadly that JB- wask best person
Acting Colonial Secretary
9
am not unaware of his defects
attributable
мо
doubt to his
inexperience of his novel position. He has not always consulted the Governor in
cases where official authority has been exercised. It is difficult
sometimes to draw the line
between those details where the
Action
is
of
the Colonial Secretar
becoming and those
and those graver
matters which should be
с
referred to his Chief. But looking Butlooking
at Dr. Bridge's connection with the Colonial Secretary's Department, he has, on the whole, in my
judgment rendered active and
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