Emproving
as
will
hand
a
lis
qualifications & said a treated
possible
on the Ater
ar Koch has in
very poor case.
my opinion
9 and the refine point and to o
T. the exact kuns of the Regs under
which he has
the allowance
no
A draw lain as it is needed the lower tiens, I regret in ability to
this conoce meet his wishes.
the
to
a serid copy of fort saying that we do not think it just to call on or I t refund any part of the allowance
recived
gftthe I that therefine or Rock port of the might not to draw any part allowance previms to July 1st. after
which
whole.
date
the
might
Irani
Que
witte Sir M. n. as
9 agre the Col. Regn. There
a
is
no mne
house. allowance
for paying lear than for paying,
reason for
a
a rickshaw
or horse allowance. I wo recommend
alteration of
part of
any part
Ceart..
The difficulty
Col. Regn.
A pisticlit drawing
house allarance
ar
bring informed
through our wit
446, allowance (through his
Arwing
The
in X. 1.) On the desspeisition that the allowane was
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415
available we approved of ar. Koch drawing it, and this
concession was of course intended to apply to the whole
term of his acting appointment. On the other hand Dr.
Thomson was told by Sir H. Blake that he could draw
the allowance, and in view of his expenditure on this
supposition a good deal spent in improving his quali-
fications, it would be hard on him to reverse Sir H.
Blake's decision for any part of his leave. Under
Col. Reg. 124 the Cov. can decide how much of his house
allowance an Officer on leave may draw, and Sir H. Blake
decided that he could draw the whole, no part thereof
being required for the acting officer. He omitted
however to report this to the S. of S.
In this particular case I think the only fair solu-
tion is to pay the allowance to both officers for the
whole period in question. It is regrettable, but the
fault is not ours. Mr. May is also to blame for not
ascertaining the fact that Dr. Thorson was drawing the
allowance, and not reporting the fact, when he recom-
mended that Dr. Koch should draw it.
As to Col. Reg. 124 I think a house allowance is
clearly a part of an officer's emoluments to a greater
extent than a horse allowance, and additions are made
to pensions in many cases in respect of house allowan -
ces. It woulabs
leave the Reg. as it stands.
vtear i would
If my view is adopted tell Dr. Thomson that we are