A correspondence ensues--that hateful correspondence! This ensures delay.

Time flies; the expiration of his term draws near.

Even his sanguine temperament has ceased to hope; his plans are not even commenced, to work out which would require years; he never could see them realized, and his successor might neglect them and lay the onus of the failure upon him, the originator, or claim the merit of their success.
So much for a five years' term of governorship, the absurdity of which is superlative.

It is so entirely contrary to the system of management in private affairs that it is difficult to imagine the cause that could have given rise to such a regulation.

In matters great or small, the capability of the manager is the first consideration; and if this be proved, the value of the man is enhanced accordingly; no employer would lose him.
But in colonial governments the system is directly opposite, for no sooner does the governor become competent than he is withdrawn and transferred to another sphere.