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some extent counterbalanced by the fact that the Crown
Solicitor is not entitled to any pension on retirement
from Government Service.
16.
The Crown Solicitor unlike most Government Officials is obliged to provide and pay for a substitute during any absence from the Colony on
leave, as there is no officer in the Government service
qualified to relieve him- this robs the leave allow-
ance of a large part of its advantages.
17. On the grounds above stated I
have the honour to request that my salary may be in- creased, and would beg leave to suggest that a salary of $4800 per annum (and exchange compensation) would
be a more equitable remuneration for the work of my
office, and that in addition to this I should be allowed
to charge the Government costs on a reduced scale (say half the authorised scale) for all legal work carried out in defending civil actions brought against the Government by way of Petition of Right &C.,
Trusting that this application may
meet with His Excellency's favourable consideration.
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I have etc.
(sd) F.B.J.Bowley,
Crown Solicitor.