CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4] — Page 173

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a modification of existing Regulations as to leave of absence and service for Pensions.

1. Your Lordship in reply to that Memorial expressed your willingness to grant vacation leave from six to eight weeks in each year, or sixteen weeks once in two years.

2. It is true, however, that I am now enabled to adopt either arrangement as may be rendered most expedient by the circumstances of each case.

3. In so doing, Your Lordship appears to be under the impression that the Civil Officers here have thereby obtained a greater advantage than they had previously possessed: in point of fact, they had already been in enjoyment of a more extensive privilege under the Despatch of the Duke of Newcastle, 19th January 1854, which gave them one month every year and three months the following year, or four months every second year.

4. Your Lordship's despatch likewise intimated that you had in some degree anticipated the wish of the Civil Officers as to an alteration in the Pension Minute and hoped to communicate by an early date the decision of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury on that point.

5. I therefore kept back Your Lordship's despatch for some months in the expectation that I should be informed of the decision arrived at by Her Majesty's Treasury, but eventually judged it expedient to communicate the views of Your Lordship so far as they related to...

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168 3 a modification of existing Regulations as to leave of absence and service for Pensions. 1. Your Lordship in reply to that Memorial expressed your willingness to grant vacation leave from six to eight weeks in each year, or sixteen weeks once in two years. 2. It is true, however, that I am now enabled to adopt either arrangement as may be rendered most expedient by the circumstances of each case. 3. In so doing, Your Lordship appears to be under the impression that the Civil Officers here have thereby obtained a greater advantage than they had previously possessed: in point of fact, they had already been in enjoyment of a more extensive privilege under the Despatch of the Duke of Newcastle, 19th January 1854, which gave them one month every year and three months the following year, or four months every second year. 4. Your Lordship's despatch likewise intimated that you had in some degree anticipated the wish of the Civil Officers as to an alteration in the Pension Minute and hoped to communicate by an early date the decision of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury on that point. 5. I therefore kept back Your Lordship's despatch for some months in the expectation that I should be informed of the decision arrived at by Her Majesty's Treasury, but eventually judged it expedient to communicate the views of Your Lordship so far as they related to...
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168

3

a

modification of existing Regulations as to

leave

of absence and

service for

Pensions.

1 2 Your Loadship in reply to that Acemorial

exprefsed your willingness

vacation leave from

from six to

is true however that I

am

Now

enabled to adopt

either

arrangement

Mow

as

be

may

rendered

most expedient by the circumstances of each

to increase the

Case.

ordinary in each

six to eight week's

H

year,

or sixteen week's

years.

once in two

3. In so Indokif.,

doing so Your Lordship appears

GARM Anda's t

متال

be under the impression that the Civil Officers

whereas

here have thereby obtamed a greater advantage! than they had previously posessed: in point of fact they had already been

jenjoyment of

been in

a more extensive

privilege

under

the Dutre

of

Newcastle's

despatch

19th January

1854 which

gave

them one

No 43 of

manth

구오

every year and three months the following

1 year or four

our months

every sec

second

It

year.

122771

what was

A

refreni

La 10035

Your Lordship's despatch littewise

intimated that

you

had in some

degree

C

anticipated the wish of the bivil Officers

as to

an alteration in the Pension Minute

and hoped to communicate by

date the decision of the Lords

of Her Majesty's Theaaury

I

sm

an

early

bommifsioners that point.

therefore Kept back Your Lordship's

despatch for

some months in the expectation

that I should be informed of the decision

arrived at by Her Majesty's Treasury, but

eventually judged it expedient to communicate

of Your Lordship so far as they

the views

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