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entertainment allowance goes towards covering these expenses
but I have not as yet had time to do so. I have however
found that it is impossible in this climate to take
adequate care of the contents of the two Government Houses
and the property in them confided to my care by employing
exelusively a staff of Chinese servants however large, for
they need the constant daily supervision of a trained
European House-steward. I have therefore since I have been
in the Colony employed a man whom I brought from England
for this purpose. His entire time is occupied in these
duties, and he does no private work of any kind for myself.
His pay and food &c., of course fall upon me, and I may
without hesitation clain that as a result the cleanliness
and the preservation of Government House and its furniture
has been immensely promoted.
6.
As these questions are matters
which naturally do not lie in the decision of the Governor
whose personal interests they affect, I took occasion on
the recent visit of Mr. Stubbs of the Colonial Office to
invite his opinion on the question since he would be
familiar with the custom prevailing at other Government
Houses. He expressed considerable surprise at the fact that
the Governor here pays for the lighting not merely of such
rooms