CO129-241 - Governor Des Voeus - 1889 [1-7] — Page 801

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14.

798

which constantly arizes here, respecially

in the Public Works Department, of of officers, because

losing the services of officers,

can

they fire,

t better terms in private

Joh

I think deserving of Your Lordship's consideration Mr. Brown's ~

suggestion that officers engaged for his

should sign an

agreement that

staff

they will not, without permission, go_

into private practice, or accept other employment in the Colony (or in the

ten years. Own

East) for the period of ten years.

distance

from th

the

source/

of supply

and the consequently long time -

which

which it takes to fill adequately the ~

-place vasated by an experienced officer,

to the necessity of

point in any

case

some attempt to secure more

permanent tenure of office.

18.

In

order to

6 guard

on

other hand agamot inefficiency.

who

of opinion that all the officers. to be engaged

engaged should.

are

enter into an a

instance, for

end

the

I

agreement, in the first

three

years only, At the that time, if they had shown themselves valuable officers, they would

of

be placed

on the Fixed Establishment,

and

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