Mac Donald Thomson is a Cadet in the service. He arrived in ... informed me that in his opinion it should be maintained ... I should be happy. ... been acting ... the Colony in 1888 and has ... has lately Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office.
When the estimates ... lately being discussed in ... Legislative Council I ... the Legislative ... mentioned that ... Your Lordship ... a. ... 10 hear ... arry ... observations that the unofficial Members might desire to offer. Nothing however was said and the present salary of the Office, ... pay card ... 24364 viz, £2,400 ... was agreed to. I did not propose ... considered it possible that the Office of Assistant Postmaster General might ... no longer be required, and I stated that although Mr Travers had ... no ... any increase ... for the reasons stated in paragraph 4 of my despatch above alluded to.
I may add that ... more ... those whose applications I ... of ... informed ... enclose
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