CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7] — Page 87

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incapacity for work.

5.

ome

I came across

This

more

responsible Sclice

of my visits of inspection

him and was

struck by

apparent ignorance of the people and where his limited sphere of

the place employment lay.

then at

onc

and if his post

some

دست سله

ther

filled up by simply because I was aware

Juces

not "panty, it was "That I could not

get

a man more

• capable except at the risks of prowning

ome

who

It

¡O'Toole

was more

corrupt.

so happened, however, that M.

was

somewhat

thereby enabled to complete more than his ten

пресно

Service, and when in due course he

got notice that his further Services would

be

tho

ince claimed Salary and

dispensed with he at a pension of 11/60 of his salary also a bonus for passage money

7 is he

was still

and in

young

to his claiming

good health Ibjected to his

which I could not

give

privilege to the chick clack of this office after 30

years intelligent and arduous pernice. Nevertheless, efter various Memoranda

and much

currcopandence between myself and the Cisting Attorney General I found that Ordinance 9 of 1862, for the regulation of the Folive Force here,

as to leave the Excecutive

was so worded

no

aption in the matter, and thus Mr O'Toole jut

his pension and bonus.

8.

It

was, however, clear that the

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