to grant Messrs McIver &
Macaulay special Retiring
Allowances calculated in the
same
manner as the Pension
granted to Mr I. Foord by
para 3 of my Despatch No59
of
the 24th December last,
and to
grant
to Mr Graham,
who has not completed ten
years Pensionable service in
this Colony a Gratuity calculated
in the ordinary way at the
rate of
one month's half-salary
for every completed six months
Pensionable service.
2. I have been largely influenced in
my
reconsideration
of my previous decision
by
the apparent honesty of
Mr McIver's explanation
given in the letter
by
Mr May a copy of which
was
enclosed in Sir W
Robinson's Despatch no 270
of the 15th December last.
3. I request therefore
that