COPY.
RECO
C. O.
622
3205 & leaf 30 JAN OF
Registrar General's Office,
22nd. December, 1899.
I have the honour to place the following matter before you.
I have now been in the Government service for over 29 years, having joined the Police Force in the year 1869. In or about the year 1890, I, being then a first-class Inspector of Police, was transferred to your Department on the understanding that I should not lose by such transfer. I am now in receipt of a salary of $134 per month and $5 for allowances, whereas a first-class Inspector of Police now receives a salary of $114 per month, and if he has a first-class medal $10 extra and is supplied with quarters, gas, and fuel. No medals are given in this Department. I may mention I was in possession of a fourth-class medal when I was transferred to the Registrar General's Office. My house rent amounts to $45 per month and gas to upwards of $5. Therefore, making no allowance for fuel, I draw about $35 less per month than an ordinary first-class Inspector of Police. I am senior to the present Chief Inspector of Police and Chief Detective, who receive salaries of $140 per month, besides Medal money, quarters, gas, and fuel, and if I had remained in the Police Force, it is only fair to presume that on account of my seniority
The Honourable
J.H.Stewart Lockhart, C. M. G.
Registrar General.