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I shall not allow any opportunity to go by of pressing my legitimate claims upon the notice of the Government, and in this case I would respectfully submit that my claims are paramount.
It is part of the conditions under which a cadet accepts service, that his claims are considered when occasion arises, and it is not reasonable that after many years on a small salary and in subordinate posts, when the higher offices become vacant, he should still have to give way to other officers who accepted specific posts when they joined and were attached to the Government under other conditions altogether.
I trust that your Lordship will appoint me to the post of Registrar General in the event of its becoming vacant and I shall endeavour by every means in my power to do credit to the appointment.
I ought to mention that as in another letter I am raising the whole question of the Coroner's office and its present salary. I should not look for any increase of that salary if I were appointed Registrar General. The two combined, though less than what the Registrar General draws in conjunction with the Treasuryship, would nevertheless be a substantial increase.