18
19
670
left as they are and should, I think, continue to be
paid in dollars. And I should further mention with reference to the 5th. paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch above referred to,
after
several attempts
that
I have found it impossible
to
arrange any satisfactory scheme for Your Lordship's
consideration on the basis
of the personal claims of officers themselves and _
have
have therefore dealt with
without regard
the offices
to the persons filling
them
or to any special claims from previous
15.
service.
The total increase
of annual expenditure involved.
this proposal
by
$53,000.
the Colony
are
The
is about
resources
in a
of position
to meet this expense, and Your Lordship will observe that every
rise in exchange
will diminish it. In formulating
the