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Enclosure 1.
whether
you
desire
any
alteration to be made in
the draft regulation before it is published
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the garette. In the meanwhile I shall defer its publication.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Mann Robinson
William
COPY OF PROPOSED NOTIFICATION.
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In pursuance of directions received from the Right Honourable the Principal Secretary of State the Colonies, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to lay down the following Regulations, the guidance of all Public Officers in the Colony, in regard to the acquisition or possession of land d engaging in agricultural and commercial pursuits. These Regulations are based on the principle at greater efficiency may be expected from an Officer whose whole energies are devoted to the blic Service than from one whose mind is occupied with the cares and anxieties incident to the Essession and cultivation of land or to commercial enterprises.
(a) No officer shall be allowed to acquire or be a part owner of any laud in the Colony other than a garden or ground attached to his dwelling-house, and not cultivated with a view to the sale of produce. He may not acquire or be a part owner in any concession in the Colony, nor within the same territory be the owner of house pro- perty other than a house for his own occupation.
(b) No officer shall be allowed to engage in commercial pursuits or take part in the management of any commercial undertaking notwithstanding that he may have invested money therein.
2. The foregoing Regulation (a) applies to the holding of land by an officer in the name or names Members of an officer's family. It does not apply to those officers who may become possessed of and or houses by inheritance or devise and not by purchase.
3. Any officer, who has acquired land or house property (other than his own dwelling-house ith land attached) prior to the issue of this Notification, must report the same to the Colonial ecretary within three months; and the Governor will decide as to whether it is necessary in the abic interests to require such officer to divest himself of it. Should an officer fail, within a reasonable eriod, to act in accordance with the instructions he may receive, he will be removed from the Service.
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