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a third Boarding Officer and at the beginning of the current year it was found essential to appoint two

extra Assistant Marine Surveyors. Despite these additions to the junior staff, the Senior Staff has remained the same as it was in 1841 when the complement was, as now,

one Harbour Master and one Assistant Harbour Master.

It may be thought that the appointment of

Mr. H.A. Mills as Office Assistant and Accountant to

the Harbour Office in September of this year has taken

a great volume of work off the shoulders of the Harbour Master and Assistant Harbour Master, but this in practice

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is not the case as most of Mr. Mill's work is in exercising supervision in the office over things that, owing to pressure of work, received very scant supervision in the past.

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At present when either the Harbour Master or Assistant Harbour Master goes on leave it is necessary

to second an outside officer to assist in the Harbour

Office. I would submit that this procedure is inefficient and undesirable as while denuding another department of one of its trained officers it takes roughly six months

training in this department before such officer is any

real use in Harbour work.

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Since assuming duties as Harbour Master in

July of this year I have found it possible to make only

two inspection trips viz. one to Waglan Lighthouses and

one to Green Island. On the latter occasion I was away from the office for only 14 hours (2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m.)

and on arriving back I found it necessary to work on

until 6.50 p.m. to deal with the work that had accumulated

during my absence. This work, in connection with shipping,

cannot be postponed until next day and it must be realised

that