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Officer for the post, which will require the collection
of a revenue estimated for this year at $600,000 and much
office and outdoor work; (4) that as Mr. R. 0.
Hutchison
is about to proceed on leave of absence, Mr. D. W. Tratman,
an Officer who possesses all the necessary qualifications,
should be appointed for the present to the post; (5) that
it is understood that the Assistant Harbour Master as the
technical officer in the Department will act as Harbour
Master in the absence of the latter; (6) that accommodation
should be provided in the Harbour Office for the Superintend-
-ent of Imports and Exports and his Staff: this arrangement
is considered desirable in the interests of the con-
-venience of the public and of facilities in transacting
business; (7) that for the present the salary of the
Superintendent of Imports and Exports should be at the rate
of a Class III appointment in the Cadet Service.
6.
In pursuance of the above decisions
Sir F. Lugard intimated to Lieutenant Beckwith that he
desired him to revert to his substantive appointment, and
I enclose copy of a letter which Sir F. Lugard caused to be
addressed to Lieutenant Beckwith on the subject and in
which he gave expression to his satisfaction with Lieute-
-nant Beckwith's work. Furthermore Mr. D. W. Tratman has
been