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- position as Governor I beg respectfully to represent that the fret of my being charged with all the responsible labors and duties of Government,
entitles me to some renumeration.
Those duties have become more onerous and anxious from the prosperous and progressive state of the Colony and from the many important changes I have deemed it right to originate demanding an amount of attention which increases day by day. In my quality as Governor heavy expenses fall upon me and whether I am present or absent from the Island the fixed charges of the Establishment are very heavy. They are worth to be considerably augmented by my early removal to a large house built on a scale appropriated to my position. Governors have always hitherto been paid at the rate of £8,000 a year.
The Colony is about to be saved the annual sum of £600 a year which has been allowed for the rental of a private furnished home for the use of the Governor. I beg to submit that a Salary as Governor of not less than £10,000 a year should be allowed out of the Colonial Funds. When I am in the Colony, which is generally for by far the largest portion of my time,
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- position as bovenon I bey respectfully to represent that the fret of my being charged with all the responible labris and duties of Coremminent,
cnunciation.
entitles me to some renumme
Those ontics have become more
auxions and oncious
from the
pinperous
and
progressive state
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the Colony and from the many important changes I have decmed it right to originate _ demanding an amount of attention which increases day by day. In my quality Governor heavy expenses fall upon me and whether I am present absent from the Island the fined : charges of the Retablishmenti
ws
are
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about,
very heavy. They are worth to be considerably augmented by my early removal to a built on a scale appropriated to
large
house
Governors always hitherts paid at the rate of £8,000 a
a year.
Colony is about to be saved the annual sum of £600 a has been allowed An the revital
A
year
The
which
of a
should be
private furnished home for the mre of the Governor ._ I beg to submit that a Salary as bovernor of not less than £1000 a year allowed out of the Colonial Funds- When Jam in the Colony which is generally for by far the largest the claims portion of my time,
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