380
very
Have, I have now the honor to report: that I laid that Circular before my consideration of the question and of the list and valuation of the existing furniture,
decided to act on
it was
The option
given in the Duke of Buckingham's
the
I
Circular, and to take over at once furniture which I had already purchased:
for Government House.
2.
On that point I think there is
not much
Nor
room for difference of opinion.
An immediate change of system, if adopted, would give
clarity; on the other hand, if the old system were maintained, it would be awkward
for the officer temporarily administering the Government to enter a house filled with my furniture,
and
on the other hand, it might not suit me to have all my effects to be used by another during
the interval of a year
3.
As the new system might entail
expenses on the Public for the first outlays,
I requested the opinions of the Non-official members of the Legislative Council,
if there is to be
a change,
it has
obvious
advantages.
Thus in the event of my applying for leave of absence, to which after 20 years of service I wish to be entitled,
the arrangement arrived at, has secured general unanimity.
I inclose the list of furniture taken over and the valuation ($3,699)