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(of course,

course, through inadvertence), the Statute Law of this Colony, confirmed

by the Queen; so I regret to be constrained to solicit Your Lordship's attention to the fact that the despatch

now under reply is regarded here as

appearing

to ignore

i

the Queen's Colonial

Regulations, which place the patronage

of all offices under the value of £100

per

a

amnum

at "the absolute disposal

his

of the Governor; of course, on general responsibility to the Secretary of State for all his actions. I have ____

: bready reported that I intend to

dispense

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dispense this patronage not personally

but through competitive examinations,

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the

system

laid down in the

Regulations transmitted with

dispatch 2:101. It is well known

my

that, throughout my long official

career,

I have

always been

an

advocate of competitive examinations, under proper rules, for the first entrance into the public service. Such

examinations are

required in the Colonies, even more than in England, to put a limit to official corruption, and to give a much needed stimulus

to