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of opinion that Mr. Rahman deserved a heavier punishment than Mr. Sales. I was unable to discriminate between the gravity of the offences of the two officers, for while Mr. Rahman was the originator of the tampering with the list, the responsibility for the correctness of the list was specially cast on Mr. Sales by their official duty, and therefore appeared to me to deserve the same punishment, regard being had to the amount of their respective salaries.
As there was no suggestion that the list had been fraudulently altered to the ultimate damage of any third party, I did not agree with the Registrar General that I should suspend the offenders with a view to their dismissal. At the same time I could not concur with the majority of the Council that the case would be adequately dealt with