Identifier: tamingnewguinea00monc (find matches)
Title: Taming New Guinea;
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Monckton, C. A. W. (Charles Arthur Whitmore), 1872-1936
Subjects: Papuans Papua New Guinea
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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man more blankly ignorant of thesubject. Muzzy—as he was generally termed in the service—gasped. Did you tell the Governor that? he asked. Ofcourse I did ; but he seemed to think that a man who knewnavigation and could do simple addition and subtraction was allhe required,* was my reply. Muzzy sighed, and then sent forBallantine and introduced me to him, after which, he gladlywashed his hands of the matter. Ballantine was very nice andkind about it all. You had better work with me for a few days,he said, its not all quite as simple as his Excellency appearsto imagine. Three days satisfied me that the job was quitebeyond me ; Ballantine was doing sums all day long, and could dowork, in five minutes, that would take me a full day. At theend of the three days, I got him to accompany me to theGovernment Secretary, to whom I pointed out, that if I were tocarry out the Treasurers duties for one month, at the end of thattime it would require at least ten clerks and one expert accountant
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A MOHAN GIRL RESIDENT MAGISTRATE 113 to unravel the tangle. What am I to do ? said Mr. Musgrave. Sir William must be obeyed. Ballantine also intimated thathe was Registrar for Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and that, asthe Death Register had not been written up for some years, Imight delve into piles of letters and Dapers reporting deaths, andwrite it up ; to which cheerful occupation I betook myself. Meanwhile, Muzzy caught Dr. Blayney, R.M., for theCentral Division, and told him that he was to act as Treasurer,etc. ; Blayney undertook it with a light heart, but three days ofit reduced him to a mass of perspiring and swearing humanity.Again came a council of war. Bramell, Government Agent atMekeo, is an expert accountant, said Ballantine ; fetch himhere to act as clerk to Blayney, and send Monckton to Mekeo asAssistant R.M. The very thing, said the GovernmentSecretary. I accordingly was sworn in as Assistant R.M. for theCentral Division ; and, a few days later, Blayney took me to myn

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