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cerned, in regard to the final receptance or rejection of the conditional offer contained in Your Lordship's despatch No. 152 of 25th September last,
were ascertained with the result that of the 253 officers in question with salaries aggregating $378,744, 197 with salaries aggregating $251,597 declined to accept it, while 46 with salaries aggregating $95,301 accepted it, and 10 with salaries aggregating $31,846 were absent on leave, and have yet had no opportunity of expressing their wishes. To which statement I should add that Mr. Wodehouse, the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, desires that his acceptance should be allowed to extend to the salary of the Superintendency, which he holds in conjunction with other offices, but his request has (temporarily and subject to Your Lordship's
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