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I do not purpose to fill up
the vacancy.
Dr Bowman already inf.
19 Feb 33

3
I conceive the salary of one Asst.
Surgeon, might be saved without in=
=convenience, more especially as there is
a vacancy at present, and if two
medical Officers are required here, for
which I confess I see no necessity, one
of them ought to be a military
medical Officer. This would render
the duties of the two distinct, which
I think desirable; however, it appears
to me, one is sufficient, and although
while I remain, I should be sorry
to lose so zealous an Officer as the
one now here, should his services at
any future period be required
elsewhere, the duties could be per=
=formed by a Regimental Asst
Surgeon, who I should think is not
required in Sydney, and who I
should suppose for 5/- a day
would be glad to discharge the
duties which have heretofore cost
the pay and allowances of two
Asst,, Surgeons; added to which
at a final Settlement, with a
military commandant, perhaps
the more military the establishment
is, the better.

Should the same vessel
always be employed to come here,
J