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6.
If this allowance,
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which I received yearly from 1870, and was incorporated in the salary of my office in 1884, is taken as an increase to the salary since 1875, the gain to myself on the proposed increase of salaries is practically nothing.
6.9.
$3840 + $1200 = $5040
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$3840 + 35% of $3840 = $3840 + $1344 or $5184.
difference of twelve dollars $12
a
say
7.
two pounds
a month.
from
to
an
reason
£2
allowance which
12
there is
On the other hand
why my
successor should profit
Mr. Smith's and my labours "earned; for if the increment
is taken.
five thousand and forty dollars
$5040
my salary in 1875, the salary of the Captain Superintendent
$5040 + 35% of ($5040) becomes
$6804.
8.
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I must add that in 1885 (Secretary of State's Despatch No. 149 in reply to Governor's Despatch No. 194) I was granted
a personal allowance of Six hundred dollars a year.
on the
partly
ground of fall in exchange.
9.
of
It seems to me that the
Captain
salary of my office Superintendent should be 35% of $3840 or $5184, but as to my personal allowances I have respectfully to apply for instructions.
I have the honour to be
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,