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undertake important
duties
in addition to his own.
22. The Treasurer's Department
has been put in a better footing
during the year, and the services
of Commissariat Officers have
been dispensed with. It should
be noted that after 3 years' service
the Treasurer is forced to return
home.
23. The Audit office has been
efficiently conducted, but the Auditor General is
compelled to leave the Climate after two years'
service.
24. At the Magistracy the Chief seat has been
long vacant, and the holder of the second is
absent on home leave. This, as will be seen
from the Returns, weakens the Supreme Court,
and deprives the Police Force of its head.
25. The Harbor Master's Department has been the most
unfortunate; the Harbor Master is at home and
so unlikely to resume his duties.
The Acting Harbor Master who succeeded him died after
a long illness.
The naval officer who took his place after a few weeks resigned for active