CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 650

all

· papers in addition to executive. council papers

which be

be

may directly required to give his opinion before sending them to me, provided only that this does not involve tivinly four hours delay, and provided that no paper is put away without any

instructions and no answer or orders given.

to Heads of Departments or to persons who apply for the decising

Government in

of the

any point.

Without my instructions -

9.

At the same time I continue

to be of opinion that the systeur pursued by M. Gardiner Austin and hir. May worked well,

worked well, by which the papers came to me

me eur

every with all the former.

morning, papers and documents giving. information about ench case, and then I'mminuted their, sometimes to the

executive Council

for

their

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for their opinion, sometimes to the exeen

centive Conneil to be ensidered)

in Conneil, sometimes simply to the Colonial Secretary for his opinion, Sometimes to the Colmical Secretary to send to the Heads of a department for his opinion and sometimes with

them. my final minute upon

the This worked woll, but if Mr. Marsh prefers to record his own opinions

Ara

they

every case (and I am sure comed sometimes be most-valuable) without being specially misited by

one to do so, and

before the papers

came to me, I give him full liberty

todo this

(Signed) I. Pope Hennessy