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opinion, and (therefore am not satisfied that the duties of Depu-
ty Superintendent of Police could
be efficiently performed by the
Superintendent of the Gaol.
If
however the latter officer's time
is not fully occupied, he might perhaps be given some additional
work, e.g.,that of Coroner,
Cas suggested above. 105 I have already stated
that I do not view with much con-
fidence the experiment of entrust- ing the Magisterial duties of the
Colony to a single Officer, nor am I wholly satisfied that the Assistant Harbour Master ship
can permanently be dispensed with,
although both in the one case and
in the other you have my authority
when opportunity offers. to make the reduction I cannot
but think that in Hong Kong as in
other Colonies such amalgamation
will not improbably imply a present
increase of pay to the surviving
reestablishment officer and a regeneration of the
abolished appointment in the
near future.
The fact seems to be that in
more than one department in the
Colony