CO129-379 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [8-9] — Page 27

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beg most humbly to state that I yield to no junior officer in

this Department in the knowledge of Postal routine work and in

the detailed working of the Post Office.

Since relinquishing the post of Senior Marine Officer in

1906 on account of eye-sight I have had the honour of acting

as Superintendent of Mails and later on as Senior Clerk in the

absence of these two officers on long home leave and it is the

more humiliating to me that notwithstanding my ability to per-

form the duties of all these higher posts I have been thus

overlooked for this new post.

On several occasions, since leaving the sea-line, I have

applied for increase of pay and have been refused, and as it

is well known that the Post Office is practically a closed

Department there is no likelihood of promotion to a higher post

in another Department of the Government.

The anomaly of passing Mr. Poole over my head is the more

glaring in the face of my repeated applications for more pay

and when an occasion thus presents itself in the Post Office

which is very rare in the higher grades my services are over-

looked.

An officer naturally looks for promotion when such

occasions occur but if in future officers are promoted by

selection or favouratim there is no inducement whatever for

good officers to remain in the service. I can honestly say that I have never given any cause for overlooking my clains either through incapacity or lack of zeal in my duties and I thus humbly pray you will investigate the cause of my complaint.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant

BGutier