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clorical and financial than the constructional stanipoint),
sign all choquos, and loal with all subordinate and clorica"
staff matters and programos of work. As doputy to the
Director of Public Works he would have ponor to authorize work on open votos, and local store purchases.
40. The Director would doal with all mattors of policy with tho Governo nt on the ono side, and the exocu tive onginoors
on the other •
He would normally only doel directly with the senior European staff. Ho mould have poor to autho rizo work on open votos up to a total of $500 in respect of oach specific
ork, and similarly to authorize looal store purchases up to $500 and to accopt tenders up to $1000, xi thout prior roferonco to the Colonial Secretariat; subsequent notification toing
sufficiant.
41. The Commissionors
staff is fully occupied under the prosent organization of the department, fool justified in recommending roductions in that staff on three grounds. Firstly, there is the diminished amount of work with which the department as a whole will have to deal; secondly, there is the recommendation for the entire severance from the dopartnont of Waterworks; am thirdly, is the fact that much of the congestion of work at the central offico is caused by faulty organi zation. The broad outline givon abo vo of the duties of the Director and the headquarters staff indicatos the lines on which rcorgani zation must take placo.
though admitting that the head quarters
There should be decentralization of responsibility;
not enough is given to the executivo onginoors.
Some of tho so
who appearod bofore the Commission showed a roluctance to accopt
responsibility.
It cannot bo too strongly omphasized that