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out (and as I predicted), was in no way suited to the work, which entailed the keeping of several somewhat complicated accounts, and be had no knowledge of accountant's work. The post required a man of firmness and a disciplinarian, to deal with the crews of vessels, in his capacity as Shipping Master, and he had no firm- -ness of character, nor any idea of discipline. It required a
and he man of tact, and one used to the exercise of authority, was tactless, and had never occupied any position other than a subordinate one. He had been a police constable, but was relega- -ted to the position of storekeeper at the Central Police Station at an early period of his career, and it was from this post that he was transferred to the Mercantile Marine Office.. I made seve- -ral representations as to his unfitness for the post, and pointed out the necessity for having a thoroughly capable man there, for the reasons given above, and also because the Shipping Office is situated over a mile away from the Harbour Office, and it is quite impossible for me to superintent all details there without neglec-
But it was without avail, -ting other and more important matters.
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and Mr Watson was sent to the post. I spent a large proportion of my time at the Mercantile Marine Office, when he first took over the duties, and endeavoured to teach bin all the ins and outs of the work, and it was not until he assured me that he entirely un- -derstood how to keep the books and carry out all the duties that I returned to the previous practise, of visiting the Shipping Office only from time to time, generally twice a week. routine work and books were entrusted to him, with instructions to report at once to me if he got into any difficulties, (he never made any such report), while all matters outside routine were dealt I had no reason for thin- with by minute or telephone between us. -king that he was not conducting his sub-Department satisfactorily, the books were audited by the Government Auditors regularly, except those dealing with the Board of Trade work, and of this branch quarterly returns were rendered directly to that Department in London. As to Mr Watson's honesty and integrity there was no question. This officer died in 1909, during my absence on leave, and it was then found that his accounts were in a state of chaos, a and it took some considerable time to reduce them to order.
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I again made representations as to the filling of the
vacancy