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bo provided. I may observe that the Governor draws no

separate allowance to meet the charge of conveyance and

has to hire additional men to convey his guests when

occasion arises, and uniform for them has to be kept in

hand. The uniform is adopted in order to maintain the

dignity of the office of Governor, and in my opinion the

charge is a legitimate one upon the votes. I shall be glad

to know whether you wish that the established custom should

be changed, and that the Governor should personally pay

this item.

3.

The second point is the supply

of coel to Government House. The Colonial Secretary,

Sir

Henry May, who acted as Private Secretary to

the then

Governor as long ago as 1889, states:- *For as long as I

can remember Government House drew its Coal through the

Colonial Secretary's Department. (Formerly the Colonial

Secretary was Auditor-General and it was in that capacity

that he administered the coal vote). Such allowance was

nominally for heating the public apartments at Government

House and Mountain Lodge. In practice the coal in the

kitchen was likewise supplied". I may observe that the

excessive humidity of this climate for the greater part of

the year necessitates the maintenance of fires in order to

preserve