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paying-in sheets; coupled with the fact that, in the majority of

Cases, the receipts come to me for signature singly, at all

hours of the day, - for the Shipmasters, &c., are waiting ·

and the result is that I do not often find it possible to get

away to my principal duties, for I am se constantly interrupted that I am unable to concentrate my attention on any one subject

(e.g. this letter) or to work at it for three consecutive minutes, during office hours. On the rare occasions when I find that I can leave for a brief period, the Assistant verbour

Master is probably out.

4.

The Assistant warbour Master and I are

daily absent from the office together at tiffin time, a practice which is, I understand, üniversal in all Government Departments in the Colony. The Buropean clerk, whom I have authorised to sign receipts in our absence, remains in the office for tiffin.

5.

If I may be permitted to do so, I will

briefly skotch the history of the clerical branch of this Depart

and for the -ment. When the Colony first came into existence,

next twenty years or so, the clerks in the Harbour Department ware Europeans. On their retirement, they were successively

relieved by Portuguese, reliable men. Later, when it became necessary to increase the staff, Chinese were appointed to the junior posts, under the Portuguese. They were not, and were never considered to be, anything but junior assistants, and had ne responsibility, as the Portugueso who were in the office when I joined the Department had, and were able for. These

and their Portuguese have gradually left, died or pensioned,

places taken by Chinese, much to my sorrow, and against my will. It will be seen, then, that the Department has nver, until lately, had any experience of chinese clerks in responsible, positiens but, relying upon the dicta of those who have had such experience, and pronounced these Chinese clerks to be reliable, we supposed them to be se, and placed a certain amount of reliance uponthen, which has now proved to he mis- -placed. That I have succeeded in getting two European clerks

appointed