Officers
There at Home
last year by
and
During
were appointed
the
Cruse
$7
year by the Secretary of State, have already shown by the order and discipline into
they
state of which they have brought their respective establishments, that better selections could not have been made.
£400
a
They receive at present
year
each with quarters,
the
onerous
and
of
but considering responsible native
I think they
their duties
are underpaid as
compared with other Government
officials in the Civil Service of the Colony.
only remark that the first Clerks
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and the head
said from
in the Government offices receive
£400 a year generally £400 of other departments £700 to £1000 a year each
It is unquestionably to the interest of the Government, having
at considerable expense secured the
trained services of good men, to pay them liberally,
to remain.
so as to induce them
I recommend
therefore that Messrs Douglas and Tomlin's salaries be raised for their second year of service to £450, and for the third and subsequent years to £500, at which rate with quarters, their places will I hope be felt by them to be worth retaining