CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 674

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satisfactory and that now

offered, though very far from perfect, has after - much consideration appeared

to me to be less

objection and more

fair than

any.

17.

open

to

generally

other.

I take this opportunity

of asking Your Lordship's permission to repeal the -

Civil List Ordinance W. 13

of

1860 which is obsolete and useless. The reasons which make a Civil List desirable

in

in

England

do not exist in this

Colony. Such a list is, in so

as I can see, of

far

no use

whatever; it's existence merely

complicates the annual estimates quite unnecessarity, and, as it becomes out of date, it tendo

to create a

grievance for those

-

officers who find salaries fixed by law for their posts, whilst for

reason, they

some

sufficient

they do not receive

those salaries. It has often

been urged, for instance, in

these

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