CO129-401 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [5-6] — Page 277

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Permanent offices should certainly not be taken in hand until the future of opium is more clearly seen.

The Indian Govermen (para.8) are not likely, I fear, to agree to sell opium direct but we have not yet had their final reply to our letters on this question in the traits case. Heaven help tlie Government if i

tries to arrange terms with Snoons.

The only other point that occurs to me is the selection of the officer wil is to be Superi.. Lenient of Imports and "xports. The appointment is at present held by Mr. hison a Class III officer who has been in the pos for the lost 2 years, is a keen and good officer, and knows all about the work. He would sean to be the vious man for the job: bu he is junier in Class III to Ir. G.1.Orme end the Governor therefore wants to change everybody round so as to give r.Orme promotion as well as Ir.Hutchison. The position is as follows:-

r. Fletcher Class II Head of the Canitary Depart.ent r. Orme Class III Assistant District Officer

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"r. Hutchison Class III Superintendent of Imports &c. A nem 1. II y pinteur) (Fineb Agribant Registrar Ge oral) ice bre: approved. If the Superinio tomb is also raised to Olass II, as proposed, there will then he 3 Class II appoi tents for these officers. The trouble is that the Governor can't ennui : Mcurly recommend Kr. Orme for promotion to be First Assistant Delislar Cursal: Merefore in order to prevent his Tein prosed

Je to be "uperintendent, r. Orme, Head of the Sanitary Department on probation and Tr. Hutchison, First Assistant Registrar General. This cross ht me to be

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it is, in my view, a great mistake to start

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experience when you have already get a good ran wi ch the experience. It is clear that the ber available man is met,” for the job, and the fact that 'r.

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First Assir lamb Registrar General but the fact

that he cannot recommend him altogether for Head of

the Sani ary Department coupled with this proposed Came of general post seems oke the inference

quite certain,

There is no inedicte hurry to se tle the poi as

She frm or empire till the end of February next.

?Ack.receipt 00261 and 2255 approve the proposals to create a monopoly and raise the class of the appointment :f Superintendent but say that the Secre- bary of State would be glad to learn what objections

there are to continuing Mr.lutchison na Superintendent

since otherwise it would seem to be exactly the post

to be filled by him.

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