CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 436

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Government may consider expedient. At the same time I felt it would be a great advantage in dealing with the various questions likely to arise in connection with the new arrangement - if eventually carried out, that the Postmaster General of the Colony, should accompany Mr Read during the greater portion of his tour of Inspection, and that if possible, they should both join in a report recommending such alterations and arrangements as might be essential.

The local experience thus acquired by Mr Mitchell, the Colonial Postmaster General, cannot but hereafter prove highly useful, whilst the expediency of dealing in the same report with Imperial as well as Colonial interests by agents representing both appeared to me an advantage, which it was desirable to secure even at the cost of the temporary inconvenience which Mr Mitchell's absence might entail.

You entirely coincided in this view, and I therefore instructed Mr Mitchell to make arrangements for the discharge of his duties whilst accompanying Mr Read - and I relieved him at...

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434 Government may consider expedient. At the same time I felt it would be a great advantage in dealing with the various questions likely to arise in connection with the new arrangement - if eventually carried out, that the Postmaster General of the Colony, should accompany Mr Read during the greater portion of his tour of Inspection, and that if possible, they should both join in a report recommending such alterations and arrangements as might be essential. The local experience thus acquired by Mr Mitchell, the Colonial Postmaster General, cannot but hereafter prove highly useful, whilst the expediency of dealing in the same report with Imperial as well as Colonial interests by agents representing both appeared to me an advantage, which it was desirable to secure even at the cost of the temporary inconvenience which Mr Mitchell's absence might entail. You entirely coincided in this view, and I therefore instructed Mr Mitchell to make arrangements for the discharge of his duties whilst accompanying Mr Read - and I relieved him at...
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Government may 3 At the same

that it would be

consider expedient.

time I felt

27

·reat advantage

a great

in dealing. with the various

questions likely to wrise

to wrise in

connection with the new arra

Wrrangement - if eventually carried out, that the Postmaster General of the Colony, shouted accompany Mrr Read during the greater portion of his tour of Inspection, anot that if possible, they should both

77

287

join

report recommending such

alterations and a

arrange

might be essential.

ments

The local experience thus acquired by Ar? Abitchell, the

Colonial Postmaster General, cannot

but hereafter prieve highly useful, whilst the expectioncy of dealing in the same report with Imperial as well as leolonial interests by agents te presenting both appeared. to me an advantage, which it

was desirable to secure even at the.

cost of the temporary.

Anconvenience nvenience

which Me? Aitchell's absence

might entail.

کچھ

A6 : Sou entirely coincided in this view, and I therefore

instructed Mor Mitchell to make arrangement's for the discharge of his duties whilst accompanying

MzReu - and I relieved him at

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