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to suggest any Officer

on

whom

Minis

buty

could be imposed..

It appears to me that

Officer of this sort is requisite,

and that it will be therefore

nese pary,

in the event of the

Colonial Secretary and Treasurer's

person, to appoint an

being

one

Auditor, and for £500 per

annum

I could find

gentleman on the spot capable

of undertaking the duties,

without

additional expense

any

7.-

This is

a

question

for Council, toto.

however, that can be better

settled in England than here,

and on

the description and

extent of papers that will

be required by the separate

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Departments at Home, must depend the possibility of altering the present system. To guard myself against responsibility hereafter, I beg to remark that

do not recommend the abolition of the Office of Treasurer; but it certainly is

an expensive one for the duties it has to perform

and it is

possible

that there

may

be in some of the

Colonies

precedents which

may be acted

here. -

9

As a

matter

of economy

therefore suggest the question for the consideration

and

decision of those whose

more peculiar duties should render them able to speak confidently on the subject,