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handed over for the use of that department the offices hitherto allotted to the Attorney General and Crown Solicitor, for whom have rented suitable offices elsewhere.
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The additional space thus placed at his disposal has enabled the Postmaster General (Mr. Thomson) to formulate very necessary reforms in the arrangement of the duties of the Post Office staff, more especially as regards the disposal of registered articles and parcels. This branch of the Postal business has greatly increased in recent years, and continues to expand, and it has long been apparent that to ensure proper safety and despatch in the custody and handling of registered articles, it was highly desirable, if not absolutely necessary, to organise
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