CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 34

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до "not when he is not. Therefore then he goes on leave, the ADC or the ABC's pay ongest

is stay behind. The matter in & ought to be one of friendly arrangement but If

the question of right is raised the acting governor ought to have first call on the

or so much of it, if he ABC "Already it as makes up for the extra work thrown on that Ase

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With reference to Major General Gascoigne's

Confidential despatch of the 8th June on the subject

of the pay of the A.D.C. during the absence of the

Governor on leave, I think that there are one or two

points worthy of consideration in settling the

question. My views were formed on the experience

of over 15 years during which I have been on leave

from more than one Colony & during which no such

claim has been put forward.

2.

I fully agree with the proposition that in

leaving the Colony for a short term of leave of

absence the Governor ought to make such arrangements

as will enable the work of the staff to be carried

on without imposing extra duty upon an A.D.C. who is

not willing to accept it. When I left I arranged

that the gentleman who was to perform the duty of

* Private Secretary would fill any invitation cards

that were necessary, a not very onerous duty in

summer when but few remain in the colony who can

get away: outside the filling in of those invitations

which would have been done by the P.S. no extra duty

was imposed upon the General's A.D.C. Every Official

visit returned by the Governor's A.D.C. has also to

The Right Honourable

Joseph Chamberlain M.P.

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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