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Commander Wastings has rendered valuable service to the Colony in the several acting appointments which he enumerates, and has proved himself at all times a most energetic, painstaking, and efficient public servant; he also rendered very valuable assistance in connection with the Plague epidemic of 1894, as reported in my despatch No. 151 of the 20th June, 1894.
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In this Colony, where officers of the Cadet class have a prior claim to most of the higher posts, I am afraid there is but slight chance of promotion for him in the near future, but I can strongly recommend his case to your most favourable consideration, should an opportunity occur for transferring him for promotion to the service of some...