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and to raise his salary from £300

to € 400

per That

annum

your

Lordship may not hay

the reductions made

think I have been inconsiderate in thus burthening the Colony with unnecessary additional expense I trust I may respectfully refer to by me during the period that I have had charge the Goverment, and to remind Indelin that the only perio who has had

your

ale

augmentation

to his Salary since I have been in Office is M2 Morgan, clerk in the audit office,

who

formerly

reecived only £250 per annum which has been rained to £300 at the recommendation of my Predecesin.-

Mr Ricnaccker has been 7 years in the Colonial Service,

is in

a most

every respect valuable Servant, and during

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Mr Mercer's absence was acting Colonial Treasurer: I therefre carneeth and respectfully islicit.

your Lordship's sanction to the

reported.

measure mou

I deem it right to memil my opinion that the Salare of £400 per annum should be considered as provisional and personal to Mr Ricnaceker, and that the Salary of

the office of 2t Clerk should be

again

reduced to its £300 per

present rate of £300

so soon as

annum,

MzRienaceker can

be promoted to 1th Clark, on

othervice provided for.-

Mr. "Comclate J.

remind

may ne

elderly

your Lordship is an cloberts Gentleman verging on 70 years of