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with the enormously high house rent-- more than absorbs all our income, and before the month is over our pay is quite gone, and we find ourselves embarrassed to provide for the deficiencies, which we find it difficult to make up, and insensibly we run ourselves in debt. On the other hand we have hard work and duty to perform day and night, this as well as the high cost of living in this place, we are certain are known facts to you, and we need not take time in describing.

We would however beg leave to point out to you the comparatively better pay allotted to all the subordinate Officers and clerks in the various other civil departments of the Colony, and the amount of work they have to perform that you may yourself judge of the truth of our complaint. Our first Class Clerk, Mr. Barradas, for instance, who has the Booths and Accounts Office in charge of, besides the general duty of the Establishment, to attend to, (in spite of his 10 years service in the Post Office) gets only £300 per annum, whilst the first Classes of other departments receive no less than £400 and work only from 10A.M. to 4P.M. each day exclusive of Sundays, and whose duty and responsibility bear no comparison to his. Our 2nd Clerk Mr Leiria, who in his ... year of service, receives only £250 instead...

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with the enormously high house rent-- more than absorbs all our income, and before the month is over our pay is quite gone, and we find ourselves embarrassed to provide for the deficiencies, which we find it difficult to make up, and insensibly we run ourselves in debt. On the other hand we have hard work and duty to perform day and night, this as well as the high cost of living in this place, we are certain are known facts to you, and we need not take time in describing. We would however beg leave to point out to you the comparatively better pay allotted to all the subordinate Officers and clerks in the various other civil departments of the Colony, and the amount of work they have to perform that you may yourself judge of the truth of our complaint. Our first Class Clerk, Mr. Barradas, for instance, who has the Booths and Accounts Office in charge of, besides the general duty of the Establishment, to attend to, (in spite of his 10 years service in the Post Office) gets only £300 per annum, whilst the first Classes of other departments receive no less than £400 and work only from 10A.M. to 4P.M. each day exclusive of Sundays, and whose duty and responsibility bear no comparison to his. Our 2nd Clerk Mr Leiria, who in his ... year of service, receives only £250 instead...
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8. with the enormously high house rent-- more than absorbs all our income, and before the mouch is over our gone, pay is quite and we find ourselves embarrassed to provide for the deficienes, which we find it difficult to make up, and _ incensibly we run ourselves in debt. On the other hand we have hard work and duty to perform day and night, this well as the high cost of living in this place, we are certain are known facto to you, and we need not take time in describing. your We would however beg leave ti 1 point out to you better pay the comparatively allotted to all the subordinati Officers and clerks the various other of the 112 civil departments of the Colony, and the amount of work they have to perform that you may yourself judge of the truth of our complaint. Our first Class Ms. Barradas for instance, who has the _ Booths and Accounts, Office charge of the besides the general duty of the Establishmen, to attend to, (in spilt of his 10 years service - in the Post Office) gets only £300 per £300 per 3 annum, whilst the first Classes of other departments receive no less than £400 and work only from 10A.M. 6oh 4.8. M. each day exclusive of Lundays, and whose duty and responcibility. to his. Our 2nd bear no comparison Clerk Mr Leiria, who in his // = year of service, receives only £250 instead
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with the enormously high house rent-- more than absorbs all our income, and before the mouch is over our

gone,

pay is quite and we find ourselves embarrassed to provide for the deficienes, which we find it difficult to make up, and _ incensibly we run ourselves in debt. On the other hand we have hard work and duty to perform day and night, this well as the high cost of living in

this place, we are certain are known facto

to

you,

and we need not take

time in describing.

your

We would however beg leave ti

1 point out to you

better pay

the comparatively allotted to all the subordinati Officers and clerks

the various other

of the

112

civil departments of the Colony, and the amount of work they have to perform that you may yourself judge of the truth

of

our

complaint. Our first Class Ms. Barradas for instance, who has the _

Booths and Accounts,

Office

charge of the besides the general duty of the Establishmen, to attend to, (in spilt of his 10 years service - in the Post Office) gets only £300 per

£300 per 3 annum, whilst the first Classes of other departments receive no less than £400 and work only from 10A.M. 6oh 4.8. M. each day exclusive of Lundays, and whose duty and responcibility.

to his. Our 2nd

bear

no comparison

Clerk Mr Leiria, who in his // = year

of service, receives only £250 instead

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