issued by him, as the recognized Official Organ of The Government, where they

in all cases.

not signed by the Governor

The Colonial Secretary's office is also in

charge of the plan of deposit for the

Archions of

the Colony, and

the Department in which the

Governors Despatches to the

Secretary of State are

copied and recorded—except in cases

when the Governor sees

fit to retain any

in his own

hands, or in the custody of his Private Secretary

3

This section, under permanent and trustworthy Colonial Secretaries possessing the entire confidence

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of the Governors, has worked

well, and

I do not see

any object would be

gained, as far

as Kat

Haughing is concerned

in altering the existing practice

to meet the instructions contained

in the Circular of

March last;

I can readily

understand

how desirable the regulations

there laid down

may

be in

Colonies in which Government

by Party has been conceded,

and in which the Colonial Secretary-holding Office upon a political tenure—occupies

a different

position from that the Colonial Secretary

holds

in

our Colony, if the Secretary...

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