CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5] — Page 494

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In addition I have it, on undoubted information that two other Heads of Departments and Members of the relative Council,

Messrs Frith and Rennie, have

made applications to Mr Jay the Inspector General for posts at

other ports similar to that which

Mr. Davies has accepted.

I am not aware

of the

chances which these gentlemen

have of success in their application but I think it

right

to be accounted for by the low rate of Salary under the Colonial Government awarded even to the highest officials

as compared

with the remuneration given to, and the advantages enjoyed

by persons employed by the mercantile firms

In

fact

the

expense of

House Rent, food and other

necessaries

is so great, not to mention

the fact, lest further embarrassment

should await us.

I am not

greatly surprised

at these things, which being part

of life in this Colony

are such as to bear hard on all

Government Servants

from

the

highest to the lowest, and nothing but long service or public interest is

likely to forbid the wish

or zeal for the ...