CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12] — Page 28

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"Colony or at home; and on the other hand if this is to be done, Offices in New South Wales must be regarded as not closed against Her Majesty's Subjects from other parts of the Empire.

Now, if in this exposition we are to find the recognized policy and practice of Her Majesty's Government, it seems to me that the special arrangements proposed by Sir Charles Trevelyan (letter to Mr Merivale, 15th April 1858) for the regulation of the Pension List of each particular Colony cannot, except through much complication, be carried out.

If these interchanges are to be permitted, to which of the Colonies in which he has served is the Public Officer to look for his retiring Allowance? Or if he be promoted to Service at home, will the Imperial Revenue provide for him? Or is a scale of adjustment to be devised, whereby the different places of Service shall be proportionately charged?

One palpable difficulty thus raised is a very great one, and even if we might overcome it, it does not fully reach the case of an individual who entered the Crown Service in a Colony like this, which possessed at the time of entering the service its own establishment, and consequently was...

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"Colony or at home; and on the other hand if this is to be done, Offices in New South Wales must be regarded as not closed against Her Majesty's Subjects from other parts of the Empire.Now, if in this exposition we are to find the recognized policy and practice of Her Majesty's Government, it seems to me that the special arrangements proposed by Sir Charles Trevelyan (letter to Mr Merivale, 15th April 1858) for the regulation of the Pension List of each particular Colony cannot, except through much complication, be carried out.If these interchanges are to be permitted, to which of the Colonies in which he has served is the Public Officer to look for his retiring Allowance? Or if he be promoted to Service at home, will the Imperial Revenue provide for him? Or is a scale of adjustment to be devised, whereby the different places of Service shall be proportionately charged?One palpable difficulty thus raised is a very great one, and even if we might overcome it, it does not fully reach the case of an individual who entered the Crown Service in a Colony like this, which possessed at the time of entering the service its own establishment, and consequently was...
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