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ultimo to be the minimum strength permanently required.

The Director of Public Works hopes to be able before long to slightly reduce the staff appearing in the estimates,

further reduction is at present practicable.

but no

Harbour Master: an increase of $1184. The only item requiring special. comment is that of #720 for 2 Telegraph Clerks. This provision, together with

that

that for

an

additional clerk

in the Post Office

on

$360, is

required for the working of

-improved system of

arr

signalling

the

approach of

vessels to the port. It enables

to be effected of

a

saving

£50 a year for transmitting to the Observatory

messages and it may

also perhaps ~

Liture on

render a saving possible next year in the expenditure the Peak signal station.

Ecclesiastical: a decrease

of