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new
reference to the new Post office then being built the Colonial Secretary conveys the Governor's opinion that the Postmaster General's residence
is
A great advantage
"on the premises" Public, especially in the case
"who
ALWIN
to the
in the case of Mr Mitchell
spares himself and is ready at
any hour of day or night to further the prompt "delivery of correspondence."
b.
It would appear however that although Sir Hercules Robinson held that
: strong opinion in which I entirely agree - nevertheless insisted, probably on account of the
general Rule as to Quarters applied to
Colonial Officers, on Mr Mitchell paying rent for his compulsory Quarters on the transfer of the Imperial Post office to the Colony in May, 1860, although previously
Col. Regulation
ash 280.
Mr Mitchell resided on the premises free
of all
all rent charge.
7.
The Rent then charged
was
however
only $25 per month or half that now imposed
on Mr Mitchell for Quarters in the new Post office. It was
Quarters
suggested that the latter larger and better, and could accommodate two officers,
and that as Mr. Mitchell declined having, as he said his
Privacy interrupted by sharing the accommodation with another, he ought to pay for double Quarters.
As the Assistant
Postmaster
8.
had free Quarters, and as
one
superior
Officer residing on the premises is sufficient for all Public requirements, it seems immaterial whether Mr Mitchell occupies the whole