of January last and
which must therefore
have been
Your
Lands for
those
more
months before they were forwarded to me :
even
reference
and
to
Zach
attention is paid to
my predecessor's reserva-
tion of his decision.
But you merely
state
that provision has
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I am the less
surprised at this delay
in dealing
with
the matter,
seeing that
Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, in his
despatch No 24 of
23rd
of March
on
the
Estimates of 1880,
referring
to
an
increase
in the establishment
of the Law
Department,
viz. Clerk to Registrar
and Assistant Interpreter,
Sir Michael Hicks
Beach recalled your attention to his despatch
of the 30th of October.
5. Neither of these appears to have
been contemplated by Sir Michael
Hicks
Beach's
arrangements. I propose to bring into effect from the
beginning of next year.
This delay
in
dealing with the subject
is
close of the current
year.
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