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Hon. Colonial Secretary,

In my humble judgment no revision of our

system of recording correspondence is required beyond what I

am already introducing with your approval. The most suitable

persons to systematize the business of an office are those

who have to work the system. Moreover I am not aware that Mr.

Ireland's experience in any way covers office work.

As regards the Council Library, I am

quite clear as to our requirements and the direction for in-

provement. It is quite true that there is a heterogeneous mass

of stuff in the Library, but it has been deposited under

Ordinance. The lack of official literature issued by neighbour-

ing Governments is the chief shortcoming.

I have been for some time collecting

all kinds of books about the office and their classification

will be proceeded with in due course. It must be remembered

that the Library is very seldom used and that we cannot afford any great expenditure on it as such would be quite un-

justifiable.

As to Mr. Ireland's system of indexing,

be claimed for it that a child could understand it. I cannot

see therefore why the £100 could not be saved to the Govers-

ment.

(Sa.) M. J. Drayson.

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Colonial Secretary,

I agree. Mr. Ireland writes as if he

were about to catalogue the Library of the British Museum instead of a small Library not so large as my own. I fail to

see