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slightly to increased the pay of the Clerks and secure more valuable assistants than might otherwise have been practicable. I have, therefore, availed myself of a permission given by Mr Panncefate before his departure for England, to appoint his Clerk, J. S. Rodrigues as Assistant Clerk at a Salary of $115 per month. We had previously received a $100 salary, which with some small perquisites and fees made his place under Mr Pannafote worth about $116 per month. His familiarity with all legal documents and instruments makes it very desirable that he should be retained on the Stamp Office Staff.

9. I have also provisionally appointed Mr Fredericks A. Biden to be Second Clerk, though his arrival in the Colony was recent. He is known to respectable people here and had some slight previous acquaintance with the routine of the Stamp office duties in London. I have fixed his salary provisionally at $100 per month, and required him to find security.

10. These appointments cannot legally be made till the Stamps Ordinance is proclaimed, but the necessity for appointing the Staff first and getting the office ready is obvious.

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358 slightly to increased the pay of the Clerks and secure more valuable assistants than might otherwise have been practicable. I have, therefore, availed myself of a permission given by Mr Panncefate before his departure for England, to appoint his Clerk, J. S. Rodrigues as Assistant Clerk at a Salary of $115 per month. We had previously received a $100 salary, which with some small perquisites and fees made his place under Mr Pannafote worth about $116 per month. His familiarity with all legal documents and instruments makes it very desirable that he should be retained on the Stamp Office Staff. 9. I have also provisionally appointed Mr Fredericks A. Biden to be Second Clerk, though his arrival in the Colony was recent. He is known to respectable people here and had some slight previous acquaintance with the routine of the Stamp office duties in London. I have fixed his salary provisionally at $100 per month, and required him to find security. 10. These appointments cannot legally be made till the Stamps Ordinance is proclaimed, but the necessity for appointing the Staff first and getting the office ready is obvious.
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slightly to increased the pay of the

Clerks and secure)

Anev e

valuable

afsistants than might ocherwise have been practicable. I have, therefore, availed myself of a permission given

by Mr Panncefate before his

mo

departure for England, to appoint

his Cerse

J.

S. Rodrigues

as

Aust

cerse at a Salary of $115 per month. We had previously received & 100 salary, which with some small perquisites and fees made his place under Mr Pannafote worth about 3116 per month. His familiarity with all legal documents and)

instruments make it.

very

desirable

that he should be on the Stamp

lead of $.100.

#gbe ti

to

Office Staff.

9.

I have also provisionally

appointed Mr Frederics A. Biden to be Second Cluse, though

arrival in the Polany,

as

a_recent

he is

Known to respectable people here and slight previous acquaintance

had

same

with the routine of the Stamp office

duties in London. I have fixed his

salary provisionally at $100 pen month, and required him to find security

10.

!

These appointments cannot

legally be made till the Stamps

Ordinance is proclaimed, but the

necefity for appointing the Staff first and getting the office ready

de is obvious.

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