such places
Co
it is deemed most
expedient to send them. A
present I
am
always reluctant
to appoint Englishmen to minor
posts
as
the result is not likely
to benefit wher thum
ev
the
Government. Hines most of those
situations are
filled by Portuguese
born in the last who stand the
climate better, and whose more
frugal habits and fewer wants
enable them to subsist
on salaries
which could not maintain
Europeans.
Nevertheless, it is not desirable
that all those posts in a British
Colony should be filled by foreigners, and I would suggest that the
Governor be allowed a greater latitude than at present in assisting deserving Public European Servants to obtain the occasional changes which the Colonial Surgeon may
certify
as
absolutely necessary for the
re-establishment of their health. No doubt there would be
difficulty
in meting out such indulgence according to the merits of applicants. That difficulty, however, ought not to prevent the attempt; and I propose, with Your Grace's
approval, putting in the Estimates for 1868,
a small sum,
£300,
to be applied to the above purpose
in the
case
of British Employees,