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C. O. 245 10052
IREC
IRE 10 JUN 95)
Memorandum by the Acting Colonial Treasurer.
1.
This application is, so far as I can make out, based
on the grounds that Mr. Sangster did not get an increase
of 30 per cent in 1891 and that every other officer then
in the service except those now in his position as regards
remittances, aia get such an increase.
The first is irrelevant; the increases in 1891 were
granted in accordance with rules laid down by the Secretary
of State, and these rules worked against Mr. Sangster who
like other servantshas no inherent right to more salary
than his employer is willing to give.
As you are aware also, very few of the officers alluoed
to got the whole increase and it claims are to be based
on the differences of increases granted at that time, the
task 01 considering them will be endless.
In my opinion, however, all such references to 1891 are
quite irrelevant.
The Secretary of State's reasons for granting Exchange
Compensation are, that exchange has fallen very low, and that
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a proportion of the officer's expenses and the greater part
of his family expenditure must be paid at a sterling rate;
that proportion has very fairly been fixed at a half. Mar.
Sangster has enjoyed all along this privilege at a witch
higher rate and his claim that the whole or his salary
should be paid to him at a sterling rate of 3
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