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The Private Secretary should have the original salary of £300 a year.

The Colonial Secretary was not overpaid in 1844 at £1800, still less will he be so now with work trebled, and the circumstances of the Colony so entirely altered.

The chief Clerk in the Secretariat should be raised to £500.

The Treasurer should, if the present system be continued, receive not less than £1000, and his First Clerk £400.

The Auditor General should receive the original sum of £1000 without a contribution from the Foreign Office, save as between the Imperial and the Colonial Treasuries, in the shape of refund on account of Services rendered by the Colonial Government.

The Clerk of Councils as at present, The Surveyor General £1000, as in 1844, and the Registrar General as at present.

The Harbor Master & Emigration Officer (a master R.N.) £800 a year.

The Chief Justice may be one exception to the rule

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36 The Private Secretary should have the original salary of £300 a year. The Colonial Secretary was not overpaid in 1844 at £1800, still less will he be so now with work trebled, and the circumstances of the Colony so entirely altered. The chief Clerk in the Secretariat should be raised to £500. The Treasurer should, if the present system be continued, receive not less than £1000, and his First Clerk £400. The Auditor General should receive the original sum of £1000 without a contribution from the Foreign Office, save as between the Imperial and the Colonial Treasuries, in the shape of refund on account of Services rendered by the Colonial Government. The Clerk of Councils as at present, The Surveyor General £1000, as in 1844, and the Registrar General as at present. The Harbor Master & Emigration Officer (a master R.N.) £800 a year. The Chief Justice may be one exception to the rule
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36 The Private Secretary should have the original salary of L300 a year . The Colonial Secretary was not overpaid in 1844 at £1800, still less will he be so now with work trebled, and the circumstances of the Colony so entirely altered. The chief Clerk in the Secretariat should лы be raised to £500. The Treasurer should if the present system be continued, receive not less than £1000, and his First blirk £400. The Auditor General should receive the original sum of £1000 without a contribution from the Foreign Office, save as between the Imperial and the Colonial Treasuries, in the shape of refund on account of Services rendered by the Colonial Government. The Clerk of Councils as at present, The Surveyor General £1000, as in 18444, and the Registrar General as at present. and The Harbor Master Emigration Officer ( a master R.NjZ 800 a year. The Chief Justice may be one exception to the rule
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The Private Secretary

should have the original

salary of

L300 a

year .

The Colonial Secretary

was not overpaid in 1844 at £1800, still less will he be so

now

with work trebled, and the

circumstances of

the

Colony so

entirely altered. The chief

Clerk in the Secretariat should

лы

be raised to £500.

The Treasurer should

if the present system be continued, receive not less than

£1000, and his First blirk £400.

The Auditor General should receive the original

sum of £1000 without a contribution

from the Foreign Office, save as between the Imperial and the Colonial Treasuries, in the shape of refund

on account

of Services rendered by the Colonial Government.

The Clerk of Councils

as at present, The Surveyor General £1000, as in 18444, and the Registrar General as at present.

and

The Harbor Master Emigration Officer

( a master R.NjZ 800 a year.

The Chief Justice may

be one exception to the rule

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