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connection I may mention that the salary of the Colonial Secretary, when that officer had only single duties to- perform, has never been con sidered too high for the po- sition which he is called up- on to take in the Colony
and
the social duties which in
course.
the ordinary cou to that position.
· pertain
I inay also remind Your Lordship that in his ~ letter to the Retrenchment
Committee
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Committee Sir G. OBrien re-
commended that the holder
the double office should re-
of
ceive a
higher salary than that at present sanctioned,
and that the unofficial Members of Council also con_ sider that the officer perform- ing the duties of Colonial Secretary and Registrar General is entitled to a higher rate of
remuneration than that at
tacked to the single office. I
therefore venture to hope that
Your