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has been taken by the Colonial Surgeon to make certain suggestions regarding the filling up of the post, which I beg to submit for your - approval.
D'Ayres in a letter (copy of which I enclose) suggests that in order to meet the
as
-growing requirements of the Civil Hospital. well as to obviate the difficulty frequently experienced by the Government in obtaining the
- services
nices of a competent analyst, a combined appointment be made of Apothecary to the Government Eivil Hospital and Government Analyst.
3.
Drchpes adds that the holder of the Dredyres appointment should have the diploma of
The Apothecaries Wall London
or a
diploma
- requiring examination in subjects similar.
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to those required by the Apothecaries Wall, and that he should have a special certificate of his
capacity as Analyst from
authority such as
Done
competent
as any of the Professors of r Chemistry attached to the Medical Schools.
With regard to the emoluments of
4.
this Office, I coneur with Dr Ayres in
I'conour
-thinking £300, rising by yearly increments
to
a maximum
salary.
of £400, a suitable annual
The holder of the Office would also
have unfurnished quarters for a single ___
man in the
such as
gas
Hospital
and the same allowances
and coal as those of other officers
attached to the Hospital,
5.
but
Mo
fees.
Should you approve of these
suggestions I would ask you to be good -
enough
to ea
cause
steps to be taken for proeuring