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Hon. Harbour Master,
C.O.
23078 787
PECD
Red 30 JUN 041
The following is the history, so far as I am concerned, of the scheme. In October last, the outlines of it were told me, verbally, by His Excellency, then Colonial Secretary, who asked me to think the matter over, and let him know what, if any, objections I could find to it.
2. The principal objections which then occurred to me I put in writing, and sent to him, confidentially, with my minute of 18th October, 1903, together with an alternative scheme. Some of these objections became somewhat modified by a conversation which took place a few days later between Sir Henry Blake, Mr. May, and myself, but my sense of the impracticability of the scheme was not removed, as I fancied I made clear.
3. And on the 30th October I forwarded, as instructed, what I conceived to be the proposed scheme, in writing. To this, one small alteration was made by Mr. May; it was returned to me with a query as to whether it covered the ground, to which I replied in the affirmative. Having already dissented from the scheme, I could not see any good in repeating what I had then written.
4. Since then, I have thought a good deal about the matter, and have come to the conclusion that the objections originally raised by me, though serious, are not so insuperable as I had previously considered them; and I now think that it would be possible for the Assistant Harbour Master to take on the extra work without neglecting his own duties, and to perform the duties of both without causing an excessive amount of friction between the two Departments he would be serving. But I still see great difficulties in the way of recruiting, difficulties which successive Captain Superintendents
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COPY.
Hon. Harbour Master,
C.0.
23078 787
PECD
Red 30 JUN 041
The following is the history, so far as
I am concerned, of the scheme. In October last, the outlines of it were told me, verbally, by His Excellency, then Colonial Secretary, who asked me to think the matter over, and let him know what, if any, objections 1 could find to it.
2.
The principal objections which then occur-
red to me 1 put in writing, and sent to him, confidentially, with my minute of 18th. October, 1903, together with an alter- native scheme. Some of these objections became somewhat modified by a conversation which took place a few days later between Sir Henry Blake, Mr. May, and myself, but my sense of the impracti- cability of the scheme was not removed, as i fancied 1 made
clear.
3.
and
On the 30th. October I forwarded, as instructed, what I conceived to be the proposed scheme, in writing. To this, one small alteration was made by Mr. May, it was returned to me with a query as to whether it covered the ground, to which I replied in the affirmative. Having already dissented from the schema, I could not see any good in repeat- ing what I had then written.
4.
Since then, I have thought a good deal about the matter, and have come to the conclusion that the cb- jections originally raised by me, though serious, are not so insuperable as i had previously considered them; and I now think that it would be possible for the Assistant Harbour Master to take on the extra work without neglecting his own duties, and to perform the duties of both without causing an excessive amount of friction between the two Departments he would be serving. But I still see great difficulties in the way of recruiting, difficulties which successive Captain Superin-
-tendents
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