CO129-077 - Sir Robinson - 1860 [1-6] — Page 23

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man of the Public Servants on the

F

Ground have entered. The Inspector General receives £5,000 - his Secretary £2000- The Inspectors and Deputy

£1,500 to £2,500 with

Inspectors from

free house and the Clerks from £300

to £800

a

year,

also with free

quarters. Contrast these several rates with the scale which I have recommended for the Colonial

officers,

who it must be remembered

receive their bare pay

without

quarters

or any

Allowance

whatever, and the Salaries will

I am sure be deemed

not

I

large.

43.

Indeed

to the

opposite

more open

unduly

many of them

are

Minute of Colonel L

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imputation of being still too low. In support of which view I forward minute on the subject of the

a

revision of Salaries submitted to me by his Excellency, the Colonial Secretary.

This Gentleman has served here for nearly 16 years

he possesses an intimate acquaintance with the Colony and its requirements, and considers that

many of the Offices should

majority of the

be paid at a higher rate than I have ventured to recommend. I think it right to append the paper for your Excellency's consideration.

43.

One subject remains to be considered in connection with the "Civil List" and that is the

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