35139
REC
Ree! 25 JUL
652
The number of officers involved is five, viz:-
Harbour Department:-
Mr. McIver, Inspector of Junks: salary £285.
Sanitary Department:-
Mr. S. Kelly:
salary £225.
•
Mr. R. R. Wood:
£165.
Mr. F. Fisher:
82,040 plus Exchange Compensation.
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45175
Public Works Department:-
4.
Mr. F. H. Dillon:
salary £270.
I have not overlooked the opinion expressed in
your Confidential Despatch of the 7th of October, 1915, that in the matter of emoluments a distinction should not be drawn between married and urmarried officers.
in view f
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But in this case I think that the fact that 2
in bachelors are allotted Goverment quarters the same accommoda- -tion as a married couple, the distinction I propose in the rent allowance is justifiable. Thirty Dollars a month in rent allowance suffices for a bachelor because bachelors usually
form messes of 2 or more.
5.
I am not prepared to recommend that the petition
of the applicants be entertained.
6.
As the Estimates for 1917 are involved I shall
be obliged if you would intimate your decision on this despatch by telegraph.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Amag
Governor,&c..