CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 672

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left as they are and should, I think, continue to be

paid in dollars. And I should further mention with reference to the 5th. paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch above referred to,

after

several attempts

that

I have found it impossible

to

arrange any satisfactory scheme for Your Lordship's

consideration on the basis

of the personal claims of officers themselves and _

have

have therefore dealt with

without regard

the offices

to the persons filling

them

or to any special claims from previous

15.

service.

The total increase

of annual expenditure involved.

this proposal

by

$53,000.

the Colony

are

The

is about

resources

in a

of position

to meet this expense, and Your Lordship will observe that every

rise in exchange

will diminish it. In formulating

the