CO129-245 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [5-7] — Page 626

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was not the equivalent

£550 sterling, by

being

told that it was

paid in dollars in

the Colony & that the

market value

of the dollar at

the time of the app being offered to him was only about 3/.

3. When the decision

that the Examiner's

fees

were no longer

to be retained by the Asst

Harbour Master was

taken in 1888, it would

have been better if

S.15 of

Ord. 8 of 1879

had been forthwith amended. I have now

to instruct

to take steps for

amending that section

of the Ord as soon

as possible, and meanwhile, pending

such amendment,

I again

recommend not to appoint the

Ass. Harb. Master a

Member of any Examining Board,

as it is both

irregular & inconvenient

to pay a Govt Officer

a fee of five dollars out of the Treasury under the

terms

of an

Ord

and then

call upon that officer~

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was not the equivalent £550 sterling, by being told that it was paid in dollars in the Colony & that the market value of the dollar at the time of the app being offered to him was only about 3/. 3. When the decision that the Examiner's fees were no longer to be retained by the Asst Harbour Master was taken in 1888, it would have been better if S.15 of Ord. 8 of 1879 had been forthwith amended. I have now to instruct to take steps for amending that section of the Ord as soon as possible, and meanwhile, pending such amendment, I again recommend not to appoint the Ass. Harb. Master a Member of any Examining Board, as it is both irregular & inconvenient to pay a Govt Officer a fee of five dollars out of the Treasury under the terms of an Ord and then call upon that officer~
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was not the equivalent

£550 sterling, by

being

told that it was

paid in dollars in

the Colony & that the

market value

the dollar we

همیه

"the time of the app being offered to him anly about 3/.

3. When the decisio

that the Examiner's

fees

were no longer

to be retained by the Asst

Harbour Master was

taken in 1888, it would

have been better if

8.15 of

* Ord. 0 of 1879

had been forthwith amended. I have now

a

to unstruct

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take steps for

623

amending that section

of the Ord das from

as possible, and meanwhile, pending

such amendment,

again

not to appoint the

A

Ass. Harl. Master a

Member of any Examining Board,

as it is both

irregular &incmosinent

to pay a fut Officer

fee of five dollars off the Treasury under the for

out

of an

Ord

ce

terms

Men

call upon that office~

to

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