Even now
A
only six clerks in the office,
M. Brajo and
including the Chief Clerk, who is also
Clerk of the Council. I cannot think
that the number of staff employed is disproportionate to the amount of the
business.
11.
It must be remembered that
for purposes of economy and
convenience
it is found to employ Portuguese instead of English
clerks in most Departments here, and
the work is
likely done more slowly
on account of their difficulty in dealing
with documents couched in a
language foreign to them; nevertheless
when their services are
faithfully rendered, though somewhat slowly executed.
Executive Council
May
19.
327
I may add in reference
to
my Minute of the 16th March that although it
directs that the papers received during the day be laid before
the Council every afternoon, unless there is
business to transact at the Public Offices previously
every paper
no
general Rule dispenses with papers of general
consequence on the day of its receipt - but the fact is that the staff of the Secretary's Office
is
often very severely worked, and I say
somewhat unfairly as compared with the time devoted to Clerks in the other Offices.
I have the honour to be
Your Lordship's
Most obedient servant,
Richard Graves MacDonnell
Governor
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