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2.
With regard to the appointment of
a successor to Mr. Dunn, I have the honour to recommend
that Mr. W. J. Tutcher, the Assistant Superintendent of
the Botanical and Forestry Department, should be promoted
as from the 15th. instant to fill substantively the post
in which he is now acting. Mr. Tutcher has nearly 19
years' service in the Colony, and has acted on various
occasions as Head of the Department to the satisfaction
of the Government. I further recommend that, in view of
the excellent quarters provided for the Superintendent of
the Botanical and Forestry Department, the salary of that
post should be reduced to £420 rising to £540 per annum by
£40 triennially. Mr. Tutcher is prepared to accept the post
at this salary.
3.
If Your Lordship concurs in this
recommendation, I have the honour to request that the
vacancy for an Assistant Superintendent of the Botanical
and Forestry Department may be filled by the appointment
of an Officer with a special knowledge of forestry work
and to suggest that a suitable Officer may be willing to
accept transfer to this Colony from the Forest Department
of the Government of India. The salary of the Assistant
Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department
is