CO129-015 - Others - 1845 — Page 73

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Kantin

percentage for the collection of the Revenue. If allowed to resume private practice; that by fixed salary General should cease, and that he be paid for the works actually executed in that Department by a scale of fees. Meant fixed salary of £1000 per annum as Collector of Revenue should be continued & he should be placed in as good a position as (but not better than) Emas, by Sir Henry Pottinger, for special reasons.

By this means income from a scale of fees would be gradually diminished as the bonds extensive backlog was completed.

As I pointed out in my letter to Lord Stanley, My private practice has passed mainly with other hands. I consulted Sir Henry Pottinger, who was of the opinion that I should not be remunerated for the duties of the office.

I have the honour to be, &c.

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Kantinpercentage for the collection of the Revenue. If allowed to resume private practice; that by fixed salary General should cease, and that he be paid for the works actually executed in that Department by a scale of fees. Meant fixed salary of £1000 per annum as Collector of Revenue should be continued & he should be placed in as good a position as (but not better than) Emas, by Sir Henry Pottinger, for special reasons.By this means income from a scale of fees would be gradually diminished as the bonds extensive backlog was completed.As I pointed out in my letter to Lord Stanley, My private practice has passed mainly with other hands. I consulted Sir Henry Pottinger, who was of the opinion that I should not be remunerated for the duties of the office.I have the honour to be, &c.Page 72 ... ## Notes on formatting The original text was heavily corrupted due to OCR errors. The text has been re-organised into proper paragraphs. Some words were missing or unclear, but the original meaning was preserved as much as possible. No translation was performed. The formatting was done according to the given rules, using HTML for output.
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