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apply this remark also to the Surveyor General who should however report the private works in which he might engage himself in his leisure hours -
The point has already been so far decided in the case of the Attorney General.
For the Superintendent of Police I think £600 and quarters sufficient - The Gaol Governor might be left as at present, and the First Clerk in the Surveyor General's Department should have £500.
The back Despatches bearing on the General subject are numerous; among the more recent may be mentioned, as meriting reference, For John Bowring's No. 131 of 4th September 1855, No. 71 of 5th May 1856, and No. 75 of 30 April 1859; and Colonel Caine's Nos. 83 and 86 of 5th and 19th May of same year.
I hope I shall be excused for saying that the above suggestion may merit some little attention as coming from one who has known the Colony nearly from its commencement, who has been connected with its Government from the original formation of its official staff, and who