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to draw during the time when he was Acting Registrar, half of the salary of that Office as adjusted by Your Lordship upon Mr. Plunket's appointment to it.
2.
The said Mr. Stuffam at the time when he was made Acting Registrar, the salary of the Office was £300 with fees. He accepted it on the condition that he should draw the whole of his own salary and half that of the Registrar, and should pay all fees into the Treasury. At the same time he was aware that it was in contemplation to propose an increase to the permanent salary of the Office contingent upon payment of the fees into the Treasury.
3.
The salary was so increased by Your Lordship to the extent of £200 upon the appointment of Mr. Plunket to be Registrar. As however the loss of the fees consequent upon which the increase was made commenced some months prior to Mr. Plunket's appointment, I trust Your Lordship will allow Mr. Stuffam to draw the half of the increased salary instead of half of the salary as it originally stood when the occupant of the Office...