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other otheer in the Colony- and when
Mr Mercer was
leaving I told him
that, if a high clap clerk were sent
out in
his clead, that system would
be more real help to the Executive
than sending a fresh Colonial Secutary "
Memorandum of W. Austin, Colonial contary. As regards the Colonial écutam himself there is no doubt that he is often
in the
little or
very
introme position of having
nothing to do, but at the same
time the services of a high class Official
must be available in event of the
abrence or sickness of the Governo.
6.
No doubt when Sir Michael Sticks Beach selected the auditor General
of Mauritius for the amalgamated Office
of Colonial Secretary and Auditor General in Houshions, he had in mind the precise cont
of experience that fitted M. March for this
pork and the I have
way
very
able and conscientions.
seen Mr Marsh do his work
convinces me that
profibly
us better selection could
have been made. The present
Secutary of State, it may be presumed was
also made aware of the substance corespondence on which Lord Kimberley founded
of the cubstance of the
his decision,
doing
to the
at that the mode of
effect
the Colonial Secretary's work in Houlkong
allowed that Officer ample time for the really