to it of M. Lockhart
I have already communicated
my approval to you by telegraph. 3. It must be clearly
understood that the new
officer is intended to
give
assistance to the work
of
the
as well
Auditor General as that of the Colonial
Secretary;
it is only
on this understanding
that I have with
some reluctance consented
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to the increase to the Establishment which you
have proposed.
5. In your despatch
No. 86
of the 26th
May you suggest the desirability of ultimately
filling the clerkship in
the C.S.O., which has been vacated by Mr Trava's promotion,
by one of
the cadets,
but I trust that on
reconsideration you