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and I shall shortly address you fully on the subject. The
Director of Education and the Head of Sanitary Department
are placed in the groups which form the two cycles dealing
with the 3 Departments not because they have anything in
common or act for each other, but in order to show that
between them they require two Cadets for acting appointments
and there is still a shortage of an officer for 12 months in
the complete cycles. The proposals under this head apparent-
-ly involve the recognition of the Supervisor, Education
Department, and of the Secretary, Sanitary Board, as
Officers competent to act for the Heads of their Depart-
-ments, with consequential augmentation of these posts to
3rd. class cadet appointments. I am not at present pre-
-pared to recommend this, though in course of time (especial-
-ly in the Education Department) the increase will no doubt
have to come. For the present as heretofore the substitute
for the Director of Education must continue to be the Head-
-master of Queen's College and the question of allowing the
Secretary. Sanitary Board, to act for the Head of Sanitary
Department on his present conditions of appointment or of
finding some other Officer probably the Medical Officer of
Health to act as Head of Sanitary Department must remain
for separate consideration.