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agreement of service, Although this clause

varies slightly in the agreements, yet in

Hone

does

any

-

restriction as to fixed periode,

equal amounts, regular intervals, or to

the Remittee being a member of the

Remillor's family, exist

3. Reference is made to the remarks in the right Honourable the Secretary of e State Despatch N.2 32 of 7th August, 1880,

unt made in

but the first Police Agrement i England after that date, viz. 29th

December 1880, reus as

"3. The said..

follows:

shall be at

"liberty to remit to any person in Great

"Britain such portion of the above.

#

" contioned monthly payments (not " exceeding one half), through the said Governement, at the pate of four shillings

" and two

twopence for each dollar so remitted."

4. I

I believe that another valid

reason for divergence from the practice other members of the

obtaining among

Civil Service is due to the smallmess of

the amounts that could be remitted,

Mo

Constable can remit more than

for £50-0-0 in a

year,

and it would

cause considerable trouble if any such. remittance was broken up into small

amounts.

I have

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(Signed) 81. M. Deane

Cap. Seept of Police.