GOPY.
Enclosure.
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$27578"
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General Post Office,
11th. January, 1901
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As directed in your Minute dated 10. 1 on C. 0. D.
No. 500 I have the honour to submit the following report explain-
ing the application of Postmaster General Hastings to be granted
three assistant Marine Officers. These Officers were asked' for in
the Postmaster General's letter No.145 of the 15th. November, 1999
(0.8.0. 2848),
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It would appear that in some way this application
was misunderstood, for the Secretary of Mate was pleased to
convey his approval to the appointment of "one additional Marine
Officer and two Stampers" only. I would here beg' leave to refer
you to my minute dated the 28 8. 00.—— C.Q.D. 850- when the
above information was conveyed to me. I then stated "Before: en-
gaging the additional clerk and the two stampers authorised ORE !
Secretary of State'a despatch, I "would like to point out that
when the Postmaster General (Captain Hastings) in para @ of his
letter No. 145 of the 15th. November 1899 "-(C.S.0. 2048). asked
for these men, he did so taking it for granted that his recoMMERI-
would be dation of the 10th. November, 1809- C. S. 0. "2750 granted, and it certainly was not with the intentia "of qbali-
fying his then application for these Assistant Marine Officers "This can be seen by a reference to paralo of the above letter
which "was in the following words, "Bach Marine Officer should
have his Assistant and tro stampers."
Captain Hastings when referred to in Bondon con... firmed in his letter dated 15th. November, 1900, my interpretation
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The Honourable
J. H. Stewart Lockhart, C. M. G.
Colonial Secretary.
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