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advisable in a Department for all the correspondence between the Government and the Head of the Department,

to pass through a person, who holds an office similar

to that of Secretary of the Board, as it is at present

constituted.

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4.

A.

What is the use of having a Secretary at all, then? As a go between for the public.

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In their ignorance, somebody writes to the President,

rather than to the Secretary?

A.

65

Q.

A.

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Not in ignorance, because some of the Members of the Board have consulted me on certain subjects, but I have not consulted the Secretary about it, because it

was a matter I considered the Secretary had nothing to

do with.

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I dont suggest you should consult the Secretary, but

you should keep him informed ↑

I was talking of information given to me from the

public, which I have communicated to the Government, I

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have done it direct, but not through the Secretary. Dont you think the Secretary, being Secretary, should

know everything that is going on ?

A. I dont think it is advisabb

that he should know

everything.

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Q.

What is the objection?

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A.

There may be certain confidential communications

between the head of the Department and the Government,

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which the Becretary should not know.

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Q.

I could imagine a very extrema case.

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A.

The P. C. M. 0. is Administrative Head.

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But he is also a Member of the Executive Council, and

could quite understand that the Government might wish

to consult the r Member of the Council, who is a

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