CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 649

aware

of the substance of the correspondence. on which Lord Kimberley founded his decision to the effect that the mode

work doing the Colonial Secutary's in Hongking

Thughing allowed that officer ample time for the really harder work of Auditor Funeral.

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The whole question therefore tions upon the proportion of the office hours the amalgamated Offieve holder chooses to give to each Department. Probably if bur Marsh aimed

med give

enviety of the office hours to the Colonial Secretary's departiment and me inviety to the Auditir Lenerals, it would enable him to do both- entire satisfaction, but he is the best judge himself of the division of his

office time_

t

any

It is however manifest that no change of

work should be made,

Without

without the secretary of Statis

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Sanction, such as it would render

it arcessory for Mr Marsh to give the whole of his office hours to the Colonial Decritings Buy

ry's Department . as such a change of work would practically

"the desisim

reverse

of Successive Denetaries of state respecting

the

algamated offices 8. But, if, cnsistently with the therough performa Gernal's work and its discharg

mee

of the Auditor

within office hours, hur Maish desire to take himself some part

that administrative work which; Sir Richard Macdonnell and other Governors thought belonged in this Coloney, properly to the Foverner - Imould not permally object,

and under such circumstances In Marsh can record an

y observation, he likes to make upon

all Borers

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