CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 429

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"the qualifications for administering Governments possessed by Colonial Civil Servants serving in the grades below that of Governor or Lieutenant Governor,

I am to state that during the last ten years, Colonial Civil Servants promoted from those grades have held, and most of them do now hold, Governments of the first rank as well as others.

Seeing therefore how deeply the interests and welfare of the most important, as well as the less important, Colonial possessions of the Crown are involved in a careful and well-considered selection from the ordinary Colonial Civil Service of the persons best adapted to promote the objects of good government throughout the Colonial Empire, Lord Carnarvon would not be at liberty to forego any opportunity afforded by temporary vacancies, of obtaining the best guidance, that of actual experiment, of Governors in his choice.

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425 "the qualifications for administering Governments possessed by Colonial Civil Servants serving in the grades below that of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, I am to state that during the last ten years, Colonial Civil Servants promoted from those grades have held, and most of them do now hold, Governments of the first rank as well as others. Seeing therefore how deeply the interests and welfare of the most important, as well as the less important, Colonial possessions of the Crown are involved in a careful and well-considered selection from the ordinary Colonial Civil Service of the persons best adapted to promote the objects of good government throughout the Colonial Empire, Lord Carnarvon would not be at liberty to forego any opportunity afforded by temporary vacancies, of obtaining the best guidance, that of actual experiment, of Governors in his choice.
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DRAFT. 425 " the qualifications for adminis. tering Governments possessed by Colonial bivil Servants serving "in the grades below that of Governer Leutenant Governor, I am to state that during the I last ten Colonial livit years ; , and most hold "Servants promoted from those grades have held them do now "Governments of the first rank as " well as others=" Scing therefore how deeply the interests and welfare of the most important Do well as the les important, bolonial " " Colonial possessions of the Crown are involved in a careful * well considered selection. from the Colonial ordinary levil service of the persons best adapted to promote the ́objects of good government - " throughout the bolonial "Empire, Lord Carnarvon would not be at liberty 'to forego any opportunity afforded by temporary. " racancies, of obtaining the best guidance, that of actual "experment. of Governors in his chova
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425

" the qualifications for adminis.

tering Governments possessed

by Colonial bivil Servants serving

"in the grades below that of Governer

Leutenant Governor,

I am to state that during the

I last ten

Colonial livit

years

;

, and most

hold

"Servants promoted from those

grades have held

them do now

"Governments of the first

rank as

"

well as

others="

Scing therefore how deeply

the interests and welfare of

the most important

Do

well as the les important,

bolonial

"

" Colonial possessions of the Crown

are

involved in a

careful

*

well considered selection.

from the

Colonial

ordinary

levil service of the persons

best adapted to promote the

́objects of good government

-

" throughout the bolonial

"Empire, Lord Carnarvon

would not be at

liberty

'to forego any opportunity

afforded by temporary.

" racancies, of obtaining the

best guidance, that of actual

"experment.

of Governors

in

his chova

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