CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908 — Page 112

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ALL COMMUŊICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,

THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your letter No. 23550/1908 of the 22nd of July in which

you inform us, with special reference to the cases of

Mr T.C.Lofthouse and r C.W.Jackson, that the Secretary

of State expects us to take reasonable precautions to ensure

that persons engaged by us to fill colonial vacancies on

the recommendation of our consulting engineers fulfil the conditions of the appointments at any rate in such non- technical particulars as age, civil status, and character.

2. We are making arrangements accordingly to provide

that this shall be done.

3. Hitherto in all cases in which we have referred

the selection for an appointment to a consulting engineer, we have supplied him with full particulars of the colony's requirements, and he has clearly understood that it was his duty, before recommending a candidate to us, to satisfy himself thoroughly of his suitability in regard to age and character &c as well as in regard to technical acquirements. The non-technical part of the work of selection has been left to him, instead of being done in this office, principal- ly because the employers or other persons who answer for a The Under Secretary of State

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