CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 486

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484 requirements of my Department might in that respect best be met with advantage to the Public Service.

If I understand correctly the letters from your Department No. 568 and 551, His Excellency's view is that I should dispense with the Services of one of the notice servers employed at the Treasury and bring into the Department a good European and educated Portuguese clerk on a salary of $80 a month in lieu of $40 per Mensem hitherto paid. The Offices of sub-accountant and notice server being combined in one and the same individual.

With reference to the above suggestion I submit that it might be difficult to secure the services of a qualified European Portuguese for so small a salary as $80 a month.

I would also observe that to unite the duties of sub-accountant and notice server in one and the same individual might be inconsistent with what is due to the security of the Rates paid into his hands as notice server when he might act as sub-accountant (in the absence of the accountant).

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484 requirements of my Department might in that respect best be met with advantage to the Public Service. If I understand correctly the letters from your Department No. 568 and 551, His Excellency's view is that I should dispense with the Services of one of the notice servers employed at the Treasury and bring into the Department a good European and educated Portuguese clerk on a salary of $80 a month in lieu of $40 per Mensem hitherto paid. The Offices of sub-accountant and notice server being combined in one and the same individual. With reference to the above suggestion I submit that it might be difficult to secure the services of a qualified European Portuguese for so small a salary as $80 a month. I would also observe that to unite the duties of sub-accountant and notice server in one and the same individual might be inconsistent with what is due to the security of the Rates paid into his hands as notice server when he might act as sub-accountant (in the absence of the accountant).

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484

requirements of my Department

might in that respect - best be

met with advantage to the Public

Service.

If I understand correctly the letters from your Department

4o 568 and 551. His Ex-

Excellency's view is that I should dispense

with the Services of one of the

notice servers

11010

employed at

the Preasury and bring into the Department a good European et

uese ata

educated Portuguese

کر کر

Salary

month in lien as

of $80 a month hitherto

of $40 per Mensem_ the Offices of sub-accountant and notice server being combined in

one and the same individual.

مجھ

With reference to the above

suggestion I submit that it

might be difficult to secure the services of a qualified European

Portuguese for

Salary

so small a)

us $80 a month.

I would also observe that

to unite the duties of sub-accountant

and notice server in one and

the same individual might

inconsistent with what frove

a.3

is due to the security of the Rates paid into his hand s Aotice server when he might as sub-accountant (in the absence of the accountant) ufter

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