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case

on,

of the Treasury, and so

it will be seen that

none the less

every

motion

for the several items as moved by the Colonial Secretary

was

carried, and

legally

every

amendment for reduction legally negatived, by majority of the Council.

Paragraph 4 with

6.

its sub-paragraphs (a) (6) and (C) purports to submit - "a short history of the

increased

increased salaries question",

and by way of so doing it relates some utterances by Sir W. Des Voeux regarding the condition and prospects of

the Colony, recapitulates

certain circumstances

connected with the increase

of the Military Contribution, asserts that Lord Knutsford "directed the payment for 1871 of the increased rates of

on the allegations that "house rent for Europeans had

"[

"salary

increased.

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