not prepared to sanction the appointment of the
Registrar General to be
Treasurer
as I am not
The worth Satisfied
that that officer
the
appointed to the post
could properly attend to the duties of Treasurer in
addition
to his other
work of
Under the new
arrangements described
in your
despatch no. 266
30th July last & previous
Correspondence, and in
my
despatch
of
the
11th
instant, the work
of the Treasurer's Office
will be considerably
increased, & cannot
in my opinion be
performed by
the holder of any
other important office
3. I consider therefore
that a new office of
Treasurer should be
established, and that
as in several other
Colonies the post of Collector of Stamp
should be combined
with it, and that
instead of being attached to it, the
Office of Postmaster General
The salary drawn by
Mr. Lister in the three
posts