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your consideration and to recommend that Mr.Bagg be dismissed

from the service with effect from the 12th.instant.

I will address you in another despatch as to the

manner in which I propose to fill the vacancy.

6. I have considered the question as to

whether in the event of Mr.Bagg being dismissed from the ser-

vice he could be called upon to refund the cost of his pass-

age to this Colony.

7. I referred the matter to the Attorney-

General who conferred with the Treasurer and Crown Solicitor,

8. From the enclosed copy of the Attorney

2-10-1900. General's minute it will be seen that he considers it doubt-

ful whether the passage money could be recovered but points

that

out the original agreement with Mr.Bagg is in the custody of

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the Crown Agents.

9. In thelast paragraph of his minute the

Attorney General suggests that in the agreements drawn up by

the Crown Agents it would be well to have the clause dealing

with refund of passage money so framed as to include any Ci-

vil Service appointment held by an officer for a period not

exceeding three years.

IO. I think the suggestion of the Attorney

General a good one, and, if you approve, I recommend that the Crown Agents be requested to embody it in all future agTEC-

ments

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