CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 25

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The prohibition to leave the house made it impossible for him to attend the Colonial Secretary's Office.

It caused some difficulty in appointing a successor to Mr Deane. I was placed in considerable difficulty. I felt that the officer who had the strongest claims to the appointment from length of service and local experience was the Registrar General.

To appoint him, however, would have necessitated the appointment of the Assistant Colonial Secretary to act as Registrar General, there being absolutely no other officer available for the post.

It would have been impossible to fill Mr May's place at the Colonial Secretary's Office, and in his

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The prohibition to leave the house made it impossible for him to attend the Colonial Secretary's Office. It caused some difficulty in appointing a successor to Mr Deane. I was placed in considerable difficulty. I felt that the officer who had the strongest claims to the appointment from length of service and local experience was the Registrar General. To appoint him, however, would have necessitated the appointment of the Assistant Colonial Secretary to act as Registrar General, there being absolutely no other officer available for the post. It would have been impossible to fill Mr May's place at the Colonial Secretary's Office, and in his
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4. The prohibition to leave the house made it impossible for him to attend the Colonial Secretary's Office. کچھ an appointing successor to Mr Deane I was placed in considerable difficulty. I felt that the officer who had the strongest claims to the appointment from length of service and local. experience was the Registrar Registrar General. 23 To appoint him- however would have necessitated the appointment of the Assistant Colonial Secretary to act for as him Registrar General there being absolutely no other officer available for the- post. It would have been impossible to fill M. May's place at the Colonial "Secretary's Office, and in his
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4.

The prohibition to

leave the house made it

impossible for him to

attend the Colonial

Secretary's Office.

کچھ

an appointing

successor to Mr Deane I

was

placed in considerable difficulty. I felt that the officer who had the strongest claims to the appointment from length of service and local.

experience

was the

Registrar

Registrar General.

23

To appoint him-

however would have necessitated the appointment of the Assistant Colonial Secretary to act for

as

him

Registrar General there being absolutely

no other

officer available for the-

post.

It would have been impossible to fill M. May's place at the Colonial "Secretary's Office, and in

his

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