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of the extent to which the Postal work in this Colony has increased in recent years,

and I have since had an opportunity of consulting

Mr Travers on the several recom mendations of the Retrenchment Committee in regard to the working of the Post Office, which I may mention had been a source of considerable anxiety to me during his absence. Relying Mr. Travers' experience in postal

on

matters and with the additional

information

now in m

my possession

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I have been enabled to more ~

accurately estimate the practica bility of those recommendations. with the result that my previous views regarding the

ly expressed views salaries of the present staff of the Post Office have become son- siderably modified. Mr. Travers

considers that he

can

carry on

the work satisfactorily with his present staff (and he points out that it was not considered too large in 1888 when the postal work was considerably less) but