CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 327

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nature of

the

business transacted-

as it is that which must determine

the expediency of

expenditure.

5. There are

the

proposed

of course two methods

of doing business, whatever may be

its amount. First the various records

may

be put en masse

into drawers

and

pigeon holes without an

Index

find

them by,

and the Despatches

may

be unentered and in a ward

the important duty of Keeping the

Public Archives in a convenient

accessible

and safe

manner may

either wholly neglected or imperfectly

discharged. Or secondly they may

be dealt with

properly

324

conducted Offices at home and most

other Colonies.

la.

appears

that

any

necessary expense entailed by the mere clerical help required for

carrying out the duty in the latter

mode is

well invested and

money that the duty itself may

almost as an

regarded

indispensable obligation

inseparable from any well regulated

system of Executive Government.

arrival I found

general

Index of letters either received

or sent. And that there was

merely

an attempt to enter in separate books

a list of letters sent to the different

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nature of the business transacted- as it is that which must determine the expediency of expenditure. 5. There are the proposed of course two methods of doing business, whatever may be its amount. First the various records may be put en masse into drawers and pigeon holes without an Index to find them by, and the Despatches may be unentered and in a ward the important duty of Keeping the Public Archives in a convenient accessible and safe manner may be either wholly neglected or imperfectly discharged. Or secondly they may be dealt with as in properly a 324 conducted Offices at home and most other Colonies. la. It appears to me that any necessary expense entailed by the mere clerical help required for carrying out the duty in the latter mode is well invested and money that the duty itself may almost as an be regarded indispensable obligation inseparable from any well regulated system of Executive Government. 7. On my arrival I found no general Index of letters either received or sent. And that there was merely an attempt to enter in separate books a list of letters sent to the different

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nature of the business transacted- as it is that which must determine the expediency of expenditure. 5. There are the proposed of course two methods of doing business, whatever may be its amount. First the various records may 糖 put en masse be into drawers and pigeon holes without an Index to find them by, and the Despatches may be unentered and in a ward the important duty of Keeping the Public Archives in a convenient accessible and safe manner may be either wholly neglected or imperfectly discharged. Or secondly they may be dealt with as in properly # a 324 conducted Offices at home and most other bolonies. la. St appears مال me that any necessary expense entailed by the mere blerical help required for carrying out the duty in the latter mode is well invested and money that the duty itself may almost as an be regarded indispensable obligation inseperable from any well regulated system of Executive Government. 7 On my arrival I found no general an Indeve of letters either received pent. And that there was merely attempt to enter in separate book's a list of letters sent to the different

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