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that I was informed that interests Your Lordship was prepared to sanction a proposal which your Lordship suggested in order to ameliorate the consequences caused by the heavy fall in exchange, such proposal being contingent upon its approval by the Legislative Council.
The offer was made by the Local Government to each Civil servant individually, it being felt that while the offer, which was accompanied with certain counterbalancing conditions, might suit some to accept, it might not suit others.
I was among those who accepted the offer definitely and unconditionally. I did not know what transpired subsequently, but recently another Circular was issued by the Local Government repeating the offer and calling individually upon the Civil Servants to state finally whether they accepted or rejected the offer. I again intimated my acceptance of the offer, and I might anxiously ...