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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your despatch No.62 of the 14th.ultimo and to state that I have communicated to Commander Hastings and Mr.A.M. Thomson the terms upon which you have approved their appointments to be Postmaster General and Treasurer respectively.
7th May,
1899.
2. As regards Mr. Thomson, I enclose for your consideration a copy of a letter addressed by that officer to the Colonial Secretary asking for a re-consideration of the conditions attached to his appointment as Treasurer, and I have only to observe with reference to that letter that from Commander Hastings' report on the Post Office, a copy of which is forwarded with my despatch No.
122 of this date, it would apparently have been impossible under existing conditions for even a trained expert in postal matters to have produced satisfactory results and to have avoided public comment of an unfavourable nature,
I would also add that I have nothing but the highest commendation to give as regards Mr. Thomson's work as Treasurer, and I strongly recommend his application to be allowed
Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,M.P,
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