10.
amount as I thought that. I had fuanud sufficient, considering the
Duties of
the
Office.
and that
any
Carger Salary would not be in uniformity with the rates of the other Salaries provided by the Civil List. I however informed Mur Percival that
he did not
agree
with
Me
if
he could place
a resolution to that effect on the
minutes, and obtain to it the
signatures of
Council as
the
as marry of agreed with him.
The opinion would then be
transmitted with the Ordinance
of your brace
for the consideration of your
with whom alone, I explained, the
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final decision rested. Mr Perceval expressed himself entirely satisfied
with
my
explanation, stating
that he considered the sum of $1500 a
"
"fair compromise "
between the amount originally proposed, and that named by him, and that he had no desire to place
recommendation
any recor the minutes.
for
moe
As
regards
the
practical
exclusion
7
the Press from the
Legislative Sitting complained
of
in paragraph 13, I have only to observe that within a few weeks
of my assumption of this