CO129-259 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [5-8] — Page 562

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because of the alleged mismanagement.

of members to serve on Commission missions and Committees, they have been urgent to pray for, is un-

founded and in L Chando Enquiry, injust.

# The Treasury the Quarantine Commission, and many others are to the contrary. It is So Leung to all interested in the proper huck enquiry warning a failure, and a majority Retrenchment Enquiry, because the appointed person opposed to the object for which it was constituted.

who thought enquiry superfluous and needless, and because the Chairman was the very last person who ought to have been in that position that Enquiry. This illustration is, I am afraid, an unfortunate one.

I have refused to serve on the Retrenchment Committee as appointed by His Excellency, because it was not the independent Committee asked for unanimously by Unofficial Members of Council, and by the public. The object of the matter, as asked for by the public, and as conceded by the Government, was not only to recommend, but to enquire, take evidence, and report on the facts of the case. The recommendation of such a Committee is of the least importance.

Please note what the Right Honorable the Marquess of Ripon writes in his despatch of the 21st of April.

"I have further come to the conclusion that, notwithstanding what has already been decided in the direction of economy, additional advantage would be derived from instituting a comprehensive enquiry affecting all departments in the service, so that the facts and the possibilities of reduction in the future may be placed on record, and thus

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because of the alleged mismanagement. of members to serve on Commission missions and Committees, they have been urgent to pray for, is un- founded and in L Chando Enquiry, injust. # The Treasury the Quarantine Commission, and many others are to the contrary. It is So Leung to all interested in the proper huck enquiry warning a failure, and a majority Retrenchment Enquiry, because the appointed person opposed to the object for which it was constituted. who thought enquiry superfluous and needless, and because the Chairman was the very last person who ought to have been in that position that Enquiry. This illustration is, I am afraid, an unfortunate one. I have refused to serve on the Retrenchment Committee as appointed by His Excellency, because it was not the independent Committee asked for unanimously by Unofficial Members of Council, and by the public. The object of the matter, as asked for by the public, and as conceded by the Government, was not only to recommend, but to enquire, take evidence, and report on the facts of the case. The recommendation of such a Committee is of the least importance. Please note what the Right Honorable the Marquess of Ripon writes in his despatch of the 21st of April. "I have further come to the conclusion that, notwithstanding what has already been decided in the direction of economy, additional advantage would be derived from instituting a comprehensive enquiry affecting all departments in the service, so that the facts and the possibilities of reduction in the future may be placed on record, and thus Page 556 (The original text had some OCR errors and formatting issues. The above output is a corrected version in HTML format.) 1L0
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because of the alleged murithing.

of members to serve on Com. missions and Committees, they have

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