Enclosure 2.
00199
Tad &
RP 20 JUN 00
Treasury,
17th. May, 1900.
265
Hon.A.M. Thomson,
Colonial Treasurer.
Sir,
By the 31st December next, I shall have been 18
years and 1 months in the Service and years in my present
appointment as 5th. Clerk in this Department, and I beg rea-
pectfully to request that you will be pleased to recommend
that my salary may be increased from 870 to $80 a month from
next year.
In support of my application I beg to submit the
following facts:-
(1). That my post was formerly styled 4th Clark
(2). That the maximum of salary attaches to the post as
recommended by the Retrenchment Committee of 1894 was $1,000
per annum or $83.33 per month.
(3). That in consequence of the above named recommenda-
tion Mr.Silva my predecessor drew a fixed salary of $80 a.
month, though for some time between 1894 and 1896 he enjoyed
an average of $105 a month including extra pay.
(4). That my work is different from copying work it
requires attention, care and energy. I beg to attach a list
of my duties of which I respectfully solicit kind perusal.
As my work is daily increasing and the cost of
living is dear, I beg that you will kindly recommend this my
application