The New Secretary to the Treasury

New Zealand Tablet, 8 November 1906, Page 24

The New Secretary to the Treasury

.(From our Wellington correspondent.)

The friends of Colonel Collins— and they are' many throughout -the Colony-will be- -pleased to -.hear of Ihe promotion that has just come his way, and" that • air - will admit has "been earned by sterling ability and zeal in the discharge of -the responsible duties that have ■ devolved upon him during recent years. - Owing to the retirement -of Mr. J.-CV Gavin from the polt of assis.tand Controller and Auditor-General; ami the consequent 06 ?? 6 ! 1 * f°^ t ft at P° siti °n oi Mr. James B. Hey- ., -Colonel Collins -has attained to the -highly-res-ponsible post of Secretary to the Treasury and Re-Peiver-General of " Revenue for the Colony. • ' • Colonel Ctollins is a son of Captain Robert Collins formerly of rf. M..57thM ..57th Regiment, who served with 9 distinction in the Crimea, India, and New -Zealand -Mr +n ih n WaS r.' ?^ m in ". J , Oavan . Ireland, and came "i,? -isf? S°\°w V wlJ J '• hls P aren 'te |wm -India "-"!,«■; - th ' c , a S e of fifteen he entered the GovernSr"^ 6 as clerk in the militia and' volunteer serl™} at , '^ cw fl7lllf 171110 "^- "Ho was employed as paymaster s clerk and substorekeeper to the Public ■ Works De,"' paitment up to 18/7, and then was transferred to , the Stores Audit Department at .Wellington. "In the'foliownUnJ^ service, -of H-he Treasury i)epaitment. His rise since then, has: been rapid. In-1879 BraS^n T«5^ erk H ' P^^ster-General's " vli Snrf-w A 6A 6 WaS P^moted "to the charge of the Pay and Revenue Branches-; and in 1890 secured the important "office of Accountant 'to 'the. Treasury I n 1903 he was appointed Assistant-Secretary in - addition to his position as Accountant. Collins has been in the service for about forty years, and is recognised on all sides as one of its -.most' efficient officers In addition to -his purely o «cial duties Mr. Collins, as is" well th^'ciK^ h *\-^Me'?nd spul of volunteering in this city. He has also .taken a keen and active interest in rifle-shooting the present rifle-range at Trentham, ; with its splendid appointments, being largely due" o? £ Rfr e^° rtS - Vi 11 , 1904 he w^ nt HomeifcLrgl of the Bisley team . that won -the much coveted Kolapore Cup During that_visij, he travelled throughlreland visiting the scenes of his early boyhood He has the hearty congratulations of the members of the mflr he- service pn the ' promotion that has been given- him for they all recognise that he richly deserves it