CO129-301 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [9-12] — Page 192

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for his own

own

his

advantage; to provide during Leave for any necessary pay of the AD.C. wither

the L.T. aly

by getting that A.D.C. Employed by huinself finding the pay,

? So inform the Gor?

m2 Lucas

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gr. 8.14/1 CPL-14

Six H. Blake

A.

at once

Blake spoke

spoke to you a

about this the other day hit I

confess I do not quite see what w

Confidential.

24874

Hong

ong.

iREC2

REOP 10 NOV 0

NJ

Government house. 11/10/00

Sir

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your Confidential Despatch of the 15th of August

on the subject of the pay of the Governor's A.D.C

during the absence of the Governor on leave.

can add to

or alterin

2.

In the case referred

to,

where my A.D.C

despatche

this paper

accompanied me, I have arranged the matter satis-

J. W. J.

factorily. But there is a question that ought to

He has

+419/5:

spoken

to as again.

be definitely settled and that may crop up any day,

if the Governor's locum tenens declines to accept

We need not write further at present

CPL.

16 at once

for Lucas wishes to place.

M^

record that having again

agrees

Lir

Ha Blake her

that the M.Ag. ought to take

a A.D. C. from the form or

with him over the P.-S.

white acting.

By

$199.

an arrangement,

3.

If a Governor goes on leave I presume that he

can leave his staff at the disposal of the locum

tenens during his absence. If not, it would entail

consequences that would render it difficult for a

Governor to obtain the services of any young Officer,

who

The Right Honourable

Joseph Chamberlain M. P.

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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