CO129-170 - Sir Kennedy - 1875 [1-3] -- Acting Governor Austin - 1875 [3-6] — Page 703

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Case of all paymats to or from the Treasury; Since then dollar have specified in all botimates 4. Appropriatio. Ordinances; officers appointed in the Colony of consse know Platinate their Salaries in the local currency, Afthe few officers Appointed in England

are as a mile tole their salaries in dollars, so that there

to mistake

As a

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matter of fact here ee very few officer still serving in Roughang Who have held their present appointments from before the lime of the legal change in the Currency, be they really had a boon conferred on them when that par of 4/2 legal equivalal . In at the Nel standard price of silver of the og

the intrinsic vahe offe Mollar was Ibelive over 4/22;

was made the

4/21⁄2 ; & for purpose.

of exchange the ruling rates were for yeast from

then fixed,

4/4 to 4/7; but the tate are

Colonial Officen had preisanly been paid i at it as a matter of custour: but than the Treasury refered to pay the troops at that inte

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4 giving than too much, & if the treasury how going to make a change in the other direction, it does not at all follow that. Colonial

Officers should be treated fimilady; the

not imperial servants,

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fatter are Hmuneration is fixed in imperial currency

which has to be converted, but they are entitled in her woral ordinances to a Certain amount. of local currency.

In making provision for that part of the Colonial apenditure

Which has lobe defrayed necessarily in bigland

the variation of exchange have annually tole Considered, Avery often create difficulty . but if the greater part of the expenditure in the Colony is also bobe made dependent- in the rate of cachage, as McAuction proposes, our annend budgets will be Subject 1. all farts of disturbances, & t in the dollar now at 4's would simply be to add $5000 year to the coroor He establishment athout any correspondien

hicscan of revenue-

as to the former part of the despatch

I had always understood that tficen

Appointed from home could clain underthin 111th Replantion the privilege of drawingpart of their salaries in England at par, or at the Customary fear in the case of different Currencies That regulation has however been modified. in the best & years in correspondence wilt various