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ao rent for the Quarters which he occupies at the Post Office, a Building the property of the Colony
2.
The rent therefore paid by Mr Mitchell, is nearly equivalent to £125 per annum, and as he receives a salary of only £800, that amount appears disproportionate to his income, especially in a place where that income is only equal to £500 per annum in England. Unquestionably the Executive, if providing suitable quarters for the Postmaster General on the spot, consults the Public interest in compelling him to reside there, - thus ensuring his being always at hand to superintend the distribution and making up of the Mails which arrive from and leave for all parts of the world at every hour of the day and night.
3.
I was therefore extremely surprised to learn that the Colony made a profit from his residence there, especially as Mr Mitchell is compelled to pay a rent, which might elsewhere procure him a more suitable and agreeable private residence.
4.
I therefore referred to what had previously taken place on the subject, and without troubling Your Lordship with a copy of a voluminous correspondence, I state that Mr Mitchell's report is correct as to the expediency of his residing in the Post Office. In or about 18... by letter of 11th June 1864 addressed to the Surveyor General...
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ao rent for the Quarlein which he occupies at the Post Office, a Building the property of the Colony
2.
The rent therefore paid by Mr Mitchell, is nearly squivalent to £ 125-
per
annum,
£800,
and
as he receives a salary.
of only £ ECC, that amount appears
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3.
it
desproportionate to his income, especially a place where that income is only equal to £500 per anun in England. Unquestionably the Executive, if provide suitable-quarters for the Postmaster General on the spot, consulto the Public interest in compelling him to reside there, - thus ensuring his being always at hand to superintend the distribution and masting up of the Mails which
from and leave for all parts of the
arrive from
world at
every
how of the day and night.
I was therefore extremely surprised to leam that the Colony made a profit of his
residence there, especially as Mr Mitchell
is
compelled to pay a rent, which might
him elsewhere.
procure
a more suitable
and agreeable private residence.
y.
I cherefore referred to what had previously tasten place in the subject, and without troubling Your Lordship mich copy of a columinous corespondence. I state that Mr Mitchell's report is
may
correct
of my Predenfor
news
as to the
cexpediency of his residing in the Post Office.
In
or
18 by
leiter of 11th
of 11th June 1864
addreford to the Surveyor Genual. in
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