CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5] — Page 97

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Rain, the stormants of Government, to furnish that money from their Salaries.

But the matter surely admits of very little argument.

A compact was entered into, the merits of which have (as far as I am aware) never been called in question until the date of Sir Charles Trevelyan's letter.

Whatever may have been the intended destination of Superannuation deductions, it is clear that a Superannuation allowance was promised by Contract and expected by the Government.

I have endeavoured to show that that allowance was to be provided by the Imperial Government, but for the sake of argument, let us suppose the Provisional resolution now under discussion finally and conclusively adopted.

How stands the Superannuation Contributor? He is referred to the resources of the Colony, which is declared by the local Executive and the local Legislature to be unequal to the expenditure, not without reason apparently, for Committees of the House of Commons...

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12ServiceRain, the stormants of Government, to furnish that money from their Salaries.But the matter surely admits of very little argument.A compact was entered into, the merits of which have (as far as I am aware) never been called in question until the date of Sir Charles Trevelyan's letter.Whatever may have been the intended destination of Superannuation deductions, it is clear that a Superannuation allowance was promised by Contract and expected by the Government.I have endeavoured to show that that allowance was to be provided by the Imperial Government, but for the sake of argument, let us suppose the Provisional resolution now under discussion finally and conclusively adopted.How stands the Superannuation Contributor? He is referred to the resources of the Colony, which is declared by the local Executive and the local Legislature to be unequal to the expenditure, not without reason apparently, for Committees of the House of Commons...95
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