increases
ses of either more
than 20%, or slightly
less than 200%,
less
on the 1875 rates
of salaries, desire to be exempted; and it is
probable
more
of
the
that a good many who have received an increase of exactly 200% would also, if given the option, desire to be exempted.
I gather from the third paragraph of Your Lordship's
despatch No. 231 of 23rd Sep-
tember last that Your
Lordship
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wishes
Lordship is disposed to exempt all officers appointed before 1891 who may wish to be exempted.
The difficulty is that if all such officers be exempted, the scheme
which rests
on an actuarial basis that did not include
such exemptions may collapse, while, if they are not exempted, they may consider that they have a valid ground for complaint, inasmuch as some officers
who