CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 380

ing

assistant registran

3. To keep the

general but give the department

more work to

-4. Porecast the department-

I am inclined to su

Suggest either Jexpect here as in

09-4. Jexpect

other branches

of

"the HongHing service

there is too much work for

two.

one

too little for Ishould like to suggest to the

that the assistant

Governor registrar general might be also assistant magistrate or that the gaol should be put under the registrar general & department and the assistant registrar general

be made the besiduct head to Wiide

at the prison.

Or else. there might be a complete

suggested by Sir W mais

recasting of duties as

of duties as su

in this letter, the revenue dutier

of the register general

and off

the Postmaster General being transfound to the Treasurer, who might then be

given

the increase

gray

for

which

The has been recommended and would

a receiver general?

become really

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In that case the registrar General would be purely the Protretor of Chinese and the Postmaster General

the Postmaster, and the

pendly

assistant in either case

might

be dispensed with. All this may merely be on paper

but it is worth while sent to set itout. for the governor to consider and report 11pon

It remains to consider who should be Siz O'Brien's

д

Successer at Hongting

over. He has estab-

I think M. Lockhout cannot well be passed -lished a strong claim to the place

in which he has acted with credit