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likes to give his Private Secretary leave,
that is his own affair. We are only
concerned when he wants to pay salary both
to the substantive holder of the post and
an acting man and when Colonial funds are,
therefore, called upon to bear additional
expense.
Mr. Southorn says that he has sent a
copy of this despatch to Sir C. Clementi, and
we can hardly proceed further with considera-
tion until we have the lather's observations.
It might be well to write to him semi-officially
asking him to let us have his observations, and
we might send him copies of Nos.1 and 2 as it
is not clear that he has copies and he may wish
to refer to them. At the same time, as Mr.
Fisher of the Colonial Audit Dept. has been
asked to let us have any observations he wishes
to make, we might also let him have a copy of this despatch as he may be able to say something about the precedents quoted by Mr. Sout horn.
I notice that it is intended that the
Private Secretary shall lose his bonus of £240
a year (see para.4). In this case he will be
actually worse off instead of better off.
? write to Sir C. Clementi as proposed,
and send copy of despatch to Mr. Fisher by
minute.
S. Cami
10.8.28