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such places

Co

it is deemed most

expedient to send them. A

present I

am

always reluctant

to appoint Englishmen to minor

posts

as

the result is not likely

to benefit wher thum

ev

the

Government. Hines most of those

situations are

filled by Portuguese

born in the last who stand the

climate better, and whose more

frugal habits and fewer wants

enable them to subsist

on salaries

which could not maintain

Europeans.

Nevertheless, it is not desirable

that all those posts in a British

Colony should be filled by foreigners, and I would suggest that the

Governor be allowed a greater latitude than at present in assisting deserving Public European Servants to obtain the occasional changes which the Colonial Surgeon may

certify

as

absolutely necessary for the

re-establishment of their health. No doubt there would be

difficulty

in meting out such indulgence according to the merits of applicants. That difficulty, however, ought not to prevent the attempt; and I propose, with Your Grace's

approval, putting in the Estimates for 1868,

a small sum,

£300,

to be applied to the above purpose

in the

case

of British Employees,

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such places Co it is deemed most expedient to send them. A present I am always reluctant to appoint Englishmen to minor posts as the result is not likely to benefit wher thum ev the Government. Hines most of those situations are filled by Portuguese born in the last who stand the climate better, and whose more frugal habits and fewer wants enable them to subsist on salaries which could not maintain Europeans. Nevertheless, it is not desirable that all those posts in a British Colony should be filled by foreigners, and I would suggest that the Governor be allowed a greater latitude than at present in assisting deserving Public European Servants to obtain the occasional changes which the Colonial Surgeon may certify as absolutely necessary for the re-establishment of their health. No doubt there would be difficulty in meting out such indulgence according to the merits of applicants. That difficulty, however, ought not to prevent the attempt; and I propose, with Your Grace's approval, putting in the Estimates for 1868, a small sum, £300, to be applied to the above purpose in the case of British Employees,
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such places

Co

it is deemed most

expedient to send them. A

present I

am

always reluctant

to appoint Englishmen to minor

posts

as

the result is not likely

to benefit wher thum

ev

the

Geverument. Hines most of those

situations are

filled by Portuguese

born in the last who stand the

chinate better, and whose more

l x b

nonical habits and fewer wants

enable them to subsist

کیا کیا کسی کا

which could not maintain

salariis

Europe.

Nevertheless, it is not desirable

Lams

that all those Nosts in a British

Colony should be filled by Fosigners, and I would suggest that the

157

Governor be allowed a greater latitude than at present in afisting deserving Public European Servants to obtain the occasional changes which the Colonial Surgeon may

certify

a.o

ت

absolutely necessary for the

re-establishment of their health. No doubt there would be

and delicacy

serve

difficulty

in meting out such indulgence according to the much of applicants. That diffinelly, howson, however, ought not to prevent the attempt; and I propose, with Your Grace's

approval, puitting in the Estimates for 1868,

A/

small. sum.

£300-

to be applied to the above purpose

in the

case

of British Emplay's,

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