servatory, be increased from $1,560 to $1,920 per annum.
Mr. Figg recommended for the above increase of salary by the majority of the Committee referred to in paragraph 2 of my despatch No.249 of the 20th ultimo, and his claims to special consideration have since been urged upon me by prominent members of the community.
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Mr Figg entered the service of this Government in June 1883: he is a valuable officer, being a reliable authority on typhoons, and the storm-warnings issued from the Observatory, which are of great benefit to the shipping and the Colony generally, are based to a great extent on the information furnished by him. During the recent typhoon season, when D. Doberek was re-
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