CO129-045 - Sir Bonham - 1854 [1-4] — Page 81

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His

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acting for the Colonial vécretary and Auditor General. -

23.

Sir George Bonham

appeared later,

when I called

upon him and respectfully requested permission to bring

to your Grace's

my

case

notice, which permission

was

instantly Excelleney..

assorted

Gy this

24.-

I bas

to submit

nowt

to your Grace chat whenever

Colonel

Caine

is

sick and

consequently unable to attend Office, the practive has always

been this:- Colonel Caine

Sends

me

all

the official

crorespondence addreped to him,

and

requires me

on

to carry at the offices, by

his duties my Submitting the

the letters to

the lovernor, and receiving

Excellency's orders thereon, which I do; and when

received

letters

answer, that

f

any call for

the

am

answer by order

of the Governor is prepared by me, submitted to hime for approval, and then as fair copy mare

out and

Tent to Colonel Caine's house

for his signature..

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I beg further to

remark that whenever the head of a Department

in

this Colony has been granted leave of absences, his duties have invariably been under. =täken by

his immediate Subordinate in the Establishment,

a s

will appear from Despatches addressed to the Colonial Office,