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documents to me.
for mitials or signature at
times when he knew I was overwhelmed with
work or
pressed for time. Trine for leisurely inspection of documents I have never had. I
is
[The Ambulance Corps to which reference
made above was raised by me, on
che
instructions of Sir Henry day, in 1915. I have commanded the Corps to the present time; it
a considerable asset to the
bas
proved
lime been
Colony and has not at any any cost to Government. Most of my
work in connection therewith is done in the
evenings, but in
any
case
my office duties are not allowed to suffer ]
I have always maintained that there ought t have been in the department one European Officer to act as Accountant; it would seem obvious that to require cur Educational Officer- already overworked, to share responsibility for Accounts, was a faulty arrangement, and
events have shewed that it opened the way for a clever and unprincipled like Chan. I urged upon the Committee, at my preliminary Exmination, the
wan
necessity
for such
appointment.
Accepting