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in the business of such an Office, would probably conduce to the quicker despatch of business, and to ultimate economy. "

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I submit to Your Lordship, with great respect, that the

common sense,

practical, and equitable

view of this question lies in the mean between the opposite extreme : pinions held by the Colonial Department in 1867 and in 1883 respectively. That

Medn

is recommended in

my

despatches Nos 39, 85 and 86 of the

present year. In common with the

Executive

Gir 9038 (1 352

117676.

Excentive Council, I think that in the

the

office to which the conduct and custody of the correspondence of Governor with Her Majesty's Government and with the Naval and Military

Authorities, is entrusted, not;

+ fewer than two out of the six clerks, ought, for obvious reasons, to be Englishmen,

nconnected with the native

ommunity; on whose reticence and -fidelity confidencc can, therefore, be placed; and who san

speak and write correatly English, the only language used

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* It will be recollected that in the clerical staff of this Colony there are only 12 Englishmen out of 89 persons employed.

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