CO129-239 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [9-12] — Page 203

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have the honour to transmit, for Your Lordship's consideration, a letter from that Officer

respecting his salary.

It seems to me -

that it would be

bad

president to permit habitual

of expenditure

excess of ex,

over

income to be regarded

reason

as a

for increasing salary.

816: Wodehouse, though be

Enclosure 10th povember 1888.

has had no increase of the

salary of any has, as co-

one

office, compared with his

brother.

200

brother Magistrate, the salaries

two extra offices, Coroner and creperintendent, Fire

of

Brigade.

3.

16" Wodehouse is an

excellent Superintendent of

: the Fire Brigade, but I am unable to regard the

of

performance of his dusty "Magistrate deserving of

N

As

special consideration, unless the ground of length of service. For, though a most conscientious officer,

he

appears

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