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the men
who were engaged when $480 was the equivalent of £100
of
are
whom I doubt whether any
Now
left. But it would I
submit be extravagant to give
£100
a year.
1100
to men who
willingly engage at home at:
$540 and even at $480
although warned at the time, a
the last recruits were, that the
value of the dollar was
only about.
As observed by the
Colonial Secretary and the
Treasurer in their joint report
annexed
"the amounts saved by
Members of the Police Force when
they accidentally become known
seem to show that the men
are
not really under paid, and it may be inferred from their demand to remit half their
pay home at 4/2 that they are able to save half their pay, which
I believe can be done
by steady men.
There are no other
persons in the Civil Service who
are able to do this.
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5. My object in trans...
ury