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opinion, and (therefore am not satisfied that the duties of Depu-

ty Superintendent of Police could

be efficiently performed by the

Superintendent of the Gaol.

If

however the latter officer's time

is not fully occupied, he might perhaps be given some additional

work, e.g.,that of Coroner,

Cas suggested above. 105 I have already stated

that I do not view with much con-

fidence the experiment of entrust- ing the Magisterial duties of the

Colony to a single Officer, nor am I wholly satisfied that the Assistant Harbour Master ship

can permanently be dispensed with,

although both in the one case and

in the other you have my authority

when opportunity offers. to make the reduction I cannot

but think that in Hong Kong as in

other Colonies such amalgamation

will not improbably imply a present

increase of pay to the surviving

reestablishment officer and a regeneration of the

abolished appointment in the

near future.

The fact seems to be that in

more than one department in the

Colony