necessary to consider very carefully whether, without
prejudice to the interests of the holders, the posts of
seconded officers ought to be retained on Colonial
Establishment once their duties have been permanently
delegater
transferred to Municipality. Reply will state that
question raised in paragraph 41 will be dealt with
separately.
XVI. My comments on paragraph 42 will be on the
following lines:-
which
The matters raised in this paragraph, relatinges
to the question of external control of the
Municipality, give rise to a number of important
legal, financial and policy points on which I will
communicate with you separately. Among other things,
it will be necessary to ensure that while the Colony
is in receipt of assistance from His Majesty's
Government, the external control exercised over its
finances in consequence of that assistance will be
applied to the finances of the Municipality insofar
as this may be necessary.
Suggestion will also be made that the word
"delegate" is more appropriate than the word "transfer"
which is used in your despatch in relation to the
functions to be handed over to the Municipality, since
it is clearlythat it is not the intention that the
legislature should surrender certain powers and vest
them in the Municipal Council. You may, however, prefer
to substitute the word "delegate" or "delegation" for
the word "transfer" wherever used in your despatch
in this context, in which case I should not refer
to the point in my reply.
XVII. The authority asked for in paragraph 46 will
be given with the comment that it is appreciated that
this will involve a lot of work and that if you came
to the conclusion that additional staff was necessary
in order to avoid diverting the existing staff from the
immediate