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But the general correspondence has got to be concentrated in the Secretary ?
A.
Yes.
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33 Q.
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34
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The Secretary is supposed to know all the correspåndence.
He might be supposed to know, but it would be very difficult for him to know it all. He is in charge of all files and correspondence, and all letters are addressed to him.
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Now, is there any correspondence of which the Secretary is not cognisant ?
Correspondence between the Government and the Hond of
the Department, I suppose.
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I dont want you to suppose, because you have been both
Head of the Department, and X. 0. H,
Yes, a certain amount.
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Then I want to know what the correspondence iâ. Confidential letters and minutes from the Government to the P. C. X. 0. and vice sursa.
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Are these confidential letters addressed to the P. C. X. 0. as P. C. M. 0. or as Head of the Department ? They are addressed to the P, 0. M. 0. and I presuje they are addressed to him, if they concern Sanitary matters, as Head of the Sanitary Department. Are we justified in supposing that a confidential minute or confidential letter from the Government to the P. C. M. 0. who is both P. 6. M. 0. and also President of the Sanitary Board, and Executive Head of
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the Department, - might such a letter bear upon work
A
that the Department should not know before the Secretary If it was confidential, yes.
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38 Q.
Therefore the gecretary, although he is a responsible and reputable officer,
A
I would not call him Secretary of the Department. He is
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