Further Mr. Moore is not the
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successor of Dr. Thomson; if he is successor to any one it
is to Dr. Laing on whose dismissal he was appointed. Though
he is doing the duties which were assigned to Dr. Thomson
he is not acting for Dr. Thomson for he is not drawing
half of Dr. Thomson's salary and cannot, as an acting mar
would draw any portion of the house allowance which is a
personal emolument. The fact is that Mr. Moore as an
Assistant Surgeon was assigned to medical work at the Gaol
on the terms of his appointment which were no quarters and
no allowances of any kind and that Dr. Thomson, also an
Assistant Surgeon, was assigned to other work which carried
free quarters and involved a cessation of the house allow-
-ance so long as he occupied those quarters. In this con-
-nection it should not be overlooked that the only purely
medical posts in the Medical Department which bear a dis--
-tinct designation are those of Principal Civil Medical
officer and Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital
and that the other Doctors are designated as Assistant
Surgeons who may be assigned to any Medical work which the
Principal Civil Medical Officer may allot to them.
4.
For the reasons given in para-
-graphs