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desirable that he should, in the
absence of the Surveyor!
inspection duty. engaged,
see
General
or
when otherwise
callers and
far
practicable facilitate business. There
are 20
daily
many questions of almost occurrence in which the interests of
individuals are
-obviously not those of
the Government, that it is
very
desirable
that the difficulties which the Surveyor General "has to contend with should
not be increased
friction
by unnecessary
caused by
word or
an ill considered
exxpression, (either verbal or
in correspondence) on the part of i
subordinates.
be
of
If a qualified official connot supplied from the existing Civil Service
Colony, I
would suggest
the
be made for
that
application may junior member of the home fivil Service who should have had
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sufficient experience of the routine of
a
Government Office. I am 1 334
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induced
Cyprus
to make this suggestion from my experience where in the early days of the
occupation clerks were sent out from
War and India
Offices to organise
the
the
Chief Secretary's and other departments
would I presume
in Cyprus.
It
be
-necessary in order to induce such an official to accept service in Hongkong that he should be placed
он
the same
footing as the permanent officials of the Hongkong Civil Service.
2.
Accountant's branch. The Accountant of the Department is Mr. M. Gutierrez who has been in the Government service since April 1864. He is assisted by M. J.G. Gutierrez. far as I have had
of forming
an
an
opportunity
opinion, I find the
departmental books and accounts
are
models
accuracy,
of neatness and
and
they satisfy I believe in every respect the requirements of
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