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provements which have been made since the postal 
service has been managed in the colony. 
2. There is a Medical Department to look after 
matters of health, and the island is divided into a 
great number of districts, each of which is under 
the charge of a medical man. At the head of the 
Department is the Superintending Medical Officer, 
whose duty it is to see that proper attention is 
given to the sick poor, and to the people in hospitals, 
almshouses, and prisons. 
3. The Board of Education, with the Super- 
intending Inspector of Schools at its head, is 
charged with the duty of seeing that every boy 
and girl in the island has an opportunity of re- 
ceiving the benefit of a good schooling. Every 
year the government grants large sums of money 
for the support of the schools. The training and 
the knowledge gained in them will help young 
people to become sensible and useful men and 
women. 
4. One great department, the largest of all. 
undertakes the collection of the money needed 
for carrying on the government of the colony. 
This money is raised chiefly by rates, taxes, and 
customs. But it would be impossible for every 
person to hand in his share of the payment to each 
separate department. So the government has a 
‘ Revenue ’ Department, which arranges to collect 
all the money. For this work it has an officer. 
