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privilege of remittance at par of account entails a loss of
one
hundred and fifty pounds (£150)
every sum of
One
thousand
pounds (£1000), remitted
To sum up:
X
It is
very
painful to me to be compelled,
in
consequence of the inadvertence of
the Colonial Office, to address Your Lordship
on a subject in which I am personally interested. But I feel
"Thus a Governor who should avail himself of his full privilege of remitting one half of his salary, would be a loser to the extent of between four and five hundred pounds annually.
I
feel it to be my duty to submit (1.) That it is expedient, on public grounds, that the former rule,
referred to above, and which is necessary for the preservation of the independence of Governors
and
Judges, should be maintained, (2) That it is inexpedient that
the Colonial Office should itself set the example of disregarding that rule in the
case now under consideration;-an
example which would be almost certain to be drawn into a
mischievous
16
17
131
X
privilege of remittance at par of account entails a lose of
one
hundred and fifty pounds (£150)
ery-sum of
MLever
One
thousand
pounds (£1000), remitted
To s
sum up:
X
It is
very
painful to me to be compelled.
in
consequence of the inadvertence of
the Colonial Office, to address Your two deste
Lordship
functionan
subject in which I apprent?
on a su
personally interested. But I...
- feel
"Thus a Governor who should avail himself of his full privilege of remitting one half of his salary, would be a loser to the extent of between four and five hundred pounds amually.
1
feel it to be my duty to submit (1.) That it is expedient, on publie grounds, that the former rule,
referred to above, and which is __ necessary for the preservation of the independence of Governors
and
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Judges, should be maintained, (2) That it is incxpedient that
the Colonial Office should itself set the example of disregarding that rule in the
case now under consideration;-an
example which would be almost certain to be drawn into a
mischievous
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