...tendency. Sir James Stephen says : " The majority of the members of the colonial department, in my time, possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in...effective performance of their appropriate functions." Mr. Chadwick says, that he has been assured that, under a particular commission, " out of eighty clerks...

...Public Offices—described by Sir James Stephen as forming the majority of the Colonial Department—who possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in...for the effective performance of their appropriate duties, might take their departure without material detriment to the Service. They, however, are victims...

...eminent, the capable, and the oí TroAAoí — says of the latter, who form quite the majority: "they possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in...or the habits of men of business, or the industry, zeal, or knowledge required for the effective performance of their functions. They usually came direct...

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...of the third class — that is, the majority of the members of the Colonial Department, in my time, possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in a degree incredibly low, either the talents or the habits of men of business, or the industry, the zeal, or...

...third class — that is, the majority of the members of the Colonial Detriment, in my time, postessed only in a low degree, and some of them in a degree incredibly low, either the talents or the habits of men of business, or tiie industry, the zeal, or...

...well-ascertained fitness. • * • * The third class, greatly exceeding in number the two other classes united, possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in...degree almost incredibly low, either the talents or habits of men of business, or the industry, zeal, or knowledge required for the effective performanco...

...minister. The members of the third class, that is, the majority of the Colonial Department in my time, possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in a degree almost incredibly low, cither the talents or the habits of men of business, or the industry, the zeal, or the knowledge required...

...the domestic, or the personal feelings of their patrons,' and ' possessed only in a low degree — some of them in a degree almost incredibly low—...knowledge required for the effective performance' of their duties ; how Sir Richard Bromley boldly declared that the existing defect of the Civil Service was...

...which he was so thoroughly conversant, and tells us that " the majority of its members in his time possessed only in a low degree, and some of them in...effective performance of their appropriate functions," and he adds that the men who composed this majority " were, without exception, men who had been appointed...