despatch N. 156 of 2nd May, 1889, asking that a successor to W.W. Hooper might be appointed, the salary of the post is quoted at $2,500 (the original figure at which Mr. Hooper was appointed) Sir G. William Des Voux gave instructions when the Estimates for the current year were being framed, that the salary of the Assessor should remain the same as in 1889 viz. $3,600. You are aware that the proposal of the Governor that the salary of the Assessor should remain the same as what it was fixed at in 1889, was not brought to Your Lordship's notice, the consequence being that Mr. Chapman was appointed at one rate while the Estimates for the year provide for another. I am informed that...