, 1874-06-27

system and routine of office would remodel the
institutions of the colony efficiently and perfectly.
and having trained the youth Of the colony in
these several departments. prepare them for even
tually filing the higher Offices for which English
men had in the first instance to be " imported as
their instructors.
In proof of this it is only necessary to point to
the several departments of the public service, to
see the large preponderance of the Creole ele-
ment occupying in many instances the highest
positions of trust with credit to themselves and
with ability too, while but a very small proper
ton can be recounted as imported officials"
Il we take the heads Of the departments out Of
the lists for the reason we have Just given, and
because theirs are Offices to which the native
element have to aspire, and labour with patience
ana perseverance to reach, not with disconnected
spirits, but with the same spirit of determination
which moved Mr., George r. Phillips, when q boy
in Scotland, successfully to wrest in the last two
months OF an academic course, a prize from Scotch
boys who had eight months advantage of him.
We have not to look far for instances Of Creoles
occupying distinguished positions of trust in the
country, and who are rising steadily and certainly
to still higher appointments, if not in this island,
corttinly in other Colonies. Has not Mr.. Nc.
Glashan, & Creole, risen to one of the highest
positions the public service of the island offers
Acting Colonial Secretary and Clerk Of the Privy
Council, with a salary Of 5000! Has not Mr.
Sullivan risen to be Postmaster General in this
island, with a salary Of 5000? Has not Mr..
Trench become Collector General of Revenue,
with a salary of 6I000 !-Has not Mr.. Mayo
risen to be Island Treasurer, with a salary of
EG0J! Has not Mr.. Chapman risen to be Com
missioner of Stamps, with a salary of G4O0?
Has not Mr.. Ross Livingston risen to the Chief
Clerkship in the Audit Office at a saary of
400! Has net Mr.. S. G. Burke, by his own ex-
ertions, risen to be Crown Solicitor and Assistant
Attorney General And if all this has been
achieved within the space of seven years, what
may we not expect with patience and moderation
in the next seven years
In the Audit O lice there is only one import
ed official (AIr. Dyer) with a salary of 1901.
AGAINST 10 creole clerks with salaries Calculated
at the minimum Of the increment system) alto
cpther amounting to 1861. There is, therefore,
no Just cause of complaint in this Office.
In the General Post Office, under the able
MANAGEMENT of Mr.. Fred. Sullivan, there is not
a single . imported official, while there are Is
creole officers whose (minimum) salaries amount
to 2, 520I. There is therefore, no ground of COM
plant here either.
In tho Office of the Collector General of
Revenue, under Mr. d. P. Trench, there are
only two imported officials MIR. Haigh and
Mr.. Battenl with salaries together reaching l00Ot.
while there are eight creoles, including the Col
lector General himself, with salaries counting up
to 1861.
In the Customs service. there are, leaving out
Mr.. Giilard, as the Head of the Department,
Twho was imported" as it is termed, to inaugu-
rate the new system after the English model
there are only two imported officials" [Mr.
Goldio and Mr.. Gillard, jur. whose salaries
amount to 500. against considerably more than
so we'll paid creole officers, whose salaries in the
aggregate amount to ll,52lL.
In the Colonial Secretary's Office out of IL
clerks there are only three who are not Jamaicans
mir. Walker, Mr., Lewellyn and Mr.. Lucie
Smith whose salaries together amount to l,l80l,
while the nine Jamaicans get a salary OF l890t.
Here, then, we have in the five principal depart
ments of the Government this singular
contrast -