her Harlin has francished

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sumilar in most cerfects in

EN (18076/70 Lewards here the 1tal emoluments

?

wer £240

& then

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441500

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a comentand diffract

category. Besides, hur Chathams salary

₤ $20 and

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in any

higher

the

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is

the perfortion in the

and only get £550 and

it seems

that lan

the lese the justification

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prant.

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compromise

fres

we

aight

? rfly that the I. 178.

some hesitation in agreeing

geant of this nature in the case

& a special

q

Officer so highly hard but hat in wis of

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при

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prant

and

exceeding £500.

22/7/2

(If he wants to the charge 35048/en she be referred Af

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I should be very reluctant to approve of this pro- posal; it would make a most undesirable precedent.

The

Leewards Island case cited by Mr. Beckett is a very old one and concerns also quite a minor official.In such a case where theman's pension would be trifling, there was no doubt justification for the grant of a special bonus, but where,

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as in the case of Mr. Chatham, the pension would be con- siderable there is no reason based on his necessites for such a bonus, and unless circumstances were highly ex- ceptional, the grant of such a pension would lay us open to applications from innumerable officers in the same position.

In addition to the censure on Mr. Chatham in connec- tion with the new Law Courts, it will be remembered that the Coroner's Jury in the case of the disaster at the Hong Kong race course implied a censure of the Director of Public Works for his failure to take steps to guard against such an accident.

Mr. Chatham's service therefore, however meritorios is not entirely without blame, and a very large number of officers might well claim to be treated similarly.

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I would reply that the S.of S. would be very re- luctant to approve of such a precedent, and in any case is not prepared to commit himself to approval until the time for Mr. Chatham's retirement more nearly approaches.

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30.7.18

• precedent!!! a good a s

therefore not prepared to sanctions proposal?

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the prison,

wanted

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wha

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theusion

the ground o but who had

& preferred a panto

the lot lepitaluri

the ordinary. extraordinary

met with Conver

I think we

reglect it as a precedent:

3.8.15

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G.L.

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