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577 about the general working of the Department, so far as you are concerned, anything that you think will be valuable for His Excellency to know, it is open for you to put it. I have one or two questions to put to you afterwards.

I think the senior Inspectors should be done away with.

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Why?

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In a great many cases, they are too domineering.

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And heyond that?

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And they make a tool of the District Inspectors, to a certain extent.

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Well, but supposing you are correot, Kr Lee, and supposing for the sake of argument that the senior Inspectors are abolished, instead of having three men

to two Districts, as we have at present moment, we would only have two. Could these two men do the work?

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Yes.

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Easily?

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responsible officer, such as the M. 0. H. ↑

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Yes, Sir, that is the way it used to be.

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And would it throw very much more work upon the District Inspectors, if the senior Inspectors were

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No, Sir, I dont think it would.

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Would there not be a good deal more clerical work, if 2)je

there were three men, and you suddenly folind you had only two men to do it?

No, I dont think so, as he would send in his report every morning to the M. 0. H. or the secretary. I think there might be another Secretary or two.

We will suppre■ for the sake of argument, Mr Les, there'

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