CO129-049 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [1-4] — Page 316

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Past Watkins stand in this pontion. Buthie Jormation of the li

Establishment,

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in the time,

Si

Hey Bottingen, it was positively announced) deepher

30 Dec 13 and

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^3 fand (4) that it was not the intention of the the fuellin "Gor to provide andunces for any of Offices at H. King except the Governor. Notwithstanding the seclaration ofthis rule. Sii J. Dairs permitted it to be infringed buy St. Peader without assigning sug for the indulgence shewn hom! and, when

St P. applied for an

his application,

on the

refused

advantage of.

reson

accgmentation of salary, that he had the Lt. Pedder having

ground house .

Mained Authority for having

a house Ecar

ttees

free complained that a deduction cous Made from his Salary for rent - and Office referring to the sauction Macried

and feretters from Lord Stauley, general rate that Officers

the

were not

that he had

have houses at the public repense permitted him to have the money paid for rent returned to him – which of course, relieved him also prom future rrent. bith this precedent fapt Wethers

314

being

now seeks for scicular favor thurned out of the denement occupied

- until lately by himself, s previously St. Pedder. But to me it seems

Leg

that this claion ory

let not to bee

Acquiesced in. I think it was a

Mistake in /45 to have Mlored the

sidurence y

house rent pee to be

of Podde in the face up the roulation, &

that we ought not now to persistente

wild

it. If the rule is a Morved to the infringed again I think it were be best to with draw it alleyther. I have

only

to and that I find, from the Blue Book, that the following Officers have residences inued for

them.

Superintenant y. Police

this

Keay less in Building hired as

ifistant Superintendant) a Central Police

Station.

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