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Affairs took the place of the Acting Colonial Secretary on the
Committee.
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The Committee presented three reports, copies
of which are enclosed, dealing in turn with the case of each of
the three officers, and on the 24th. December the matter was
considered as a whole by the full Council who recorded the
following minute: -
(i). that the salary of Mr. Lenfostey should be reduced
to £210 per annum for three years.
(ii). that Mr. Jones should be asked to retire at the
age of fifty-five years.
(iii).that Captain Taylor had in tuis case indicated in-
-competence as the Head of his Department and that the
question of his general competence for his holding the office
of Harbour Master should be brought up for consideration of
His Excellency the Governor.
The matter was further considered on the 8th.
January, subsequently to my return to the Colony, as shown in the attached minute of the proceedings.
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I will address you at a later date regarding
Commander Taylor. I may say here that I do not take a very serious
view of his conduct in the matter now in question. Mr. Jones has
been informed that I have been unable to acquit him of careless-
-ness in the matter of the supervision of the accounts, and he has
been censured accordingly. I do not propose to appoint him again
to act as Assistant Harbour Master as I do not consider that he
has had the necessary training for the office part of the work. I have to request your approval and confirmation of the reduction of Mr. Lenfestey's salary in the amount of £15 per annum for a period of three years; and I would further ask your sanction to the writing off of the money missing less the sum of $1,000, in
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