CO129-207 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1883 [1-3] — Page 227

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were recently enlisted at home praying to be allowed to remit at the rate of 4/2 the dollar, as enlisted in the belief that this privilege was secured to them; this cannot be granted, acking that their agreements may be cancelled and that they may be sent back to England.

2. The Captain Superintendent of Police, it will be observed, contends in his covering letter that these men have a right to remit at 4/4½, that being the rate prescribed by the Government, by Ordinance 1 of 1864, but the Attorney General does not think that the effect of that Ordinance is what is suggested by Captain Deane. The men however state that they have been misled by the information which they received at home and as Captain Deane points out, they find that unless they are allowed the privilege of remitting half their pay at 4/2½ they will receive £5.17.0 per annum, for only service in a tropical climate, more than they were

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were recently enlisted at home praying to be allowed to remit at the rate of 4/2 the dollar, as enlisted in the belief that this privilege was secured to them; this cannot be granted, acking that their agreements may be cancelled and that they may be sent back to England. 2. The Captain Superintendent of Police, it will be observed, contends in his covering letter that these men have a right to remit at 4/4½, that being the rate prescribed by the Government, by Ordinance 1 of 1864, but the Attorney General does not think that the effect of that Ordinance is what is suggested by Captain Deane. The men however state that they have been misled by the information which they received at home and as Captain Deane points out, they find that unless they are allowed the privilege of remitting half their pay at 4/2½ they will receive £5.17.0 per annum, for only service in a tropical climate, more than they were
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were re resently enlisted at home ___ praying to be allowed to remit at the rate of 4/2 the dollar, as enlisted in the belief that this they privilege and if was secured to them; this cannot be granted __ acking that their agreements may be cancelled and that they may be sent back to England. 2. The Captain Superintendent of Police, it will be observed, contends in his covering... letter that these men have a right to remit at 44/2, that being the 226 the rate prescribed by the Government, by Ordinance 1 of 1864, but the Attorney General does not think that the effect of that Ordinance is what is suggested by Captain Deane. The men however state that they have been __ misled by the information which they received at home and as Captain Deane points out, they find that unless they are allowed the privilege of remitting half their -pay at 4/21⁄2 they will receive £5.17.0 per annum, for only service in a tropical climate, more than they were
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were re

resently enlisted at home ___ praying to be allowed to remit

at the rate of 4/2 the dollar, as enlisted in the belief that this

they

privilege

and

if

was secured to them;

this cannot be granted __ acking that their agreements may

be cancelled and that they may be sent back to England.

2.

The Captain Superintendent of Police, it will be

observed, contends in his covering...

letter that these men

have

a

right to remit at 44/2, that being

the

226

the rate prescribed by the Government, by Ordinance 1 of 1864, but the Attorney General does not think that the

effect of that Ordinance is what is suggested by Captain Deane. The men however state that they have been __

misled by the information which they received at home and as Captain Deane points out, they find that unless they

are allowed the

privilege of remitting half their

-pay

at 4/21⁄2 they will receive

£5.17.0 per

annum,

for

only

service in a

tropical climate, more than they

were

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