CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12] — Page 420

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mentioned in paragraph 4 of Your Lordship's despatch

I have to state that as regards the Registrar General, the special Committee appointed to consider the estimates recommended that the salary of the Registrar General instead of being $6,804 as it would be with the increase of 35 per cent plus the increment of $1,764 as mentioned in Your Lordship's despatch GR203 of 20th September last, should be reduced to $6,000. In this recommendation I am disposed to concur.

I am informed that the allowance of $1,200 granted to Mr, now Sir Cecil Smith, and to Mr Deane, was rather given to those officers than to the offices they respectively filled. The fact that the former officer continued to draw the whole

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mentioned in paragraph 4 of Your Lordship's despatch I have to state that as regards the Registrar General, the special Committee appointed to consider the estimates recommended that the salary of the Registrar General instead of being $6,804 as it would be with the increase of 35 per cent plus the increment of $1,764 as mentioned in Your Lordship's despatch GR203 of 20th September last, should be reduced to $6,000. In this recommendation I am disposed to concur. I am informed that the allowance of $1,200 granted to Mr, now Sir Cecil Smith, and to Mr Deane, was rather given to those officers than to the offices they respectively filled. The fact that the former officer continued to draw the whole Page 420 Page 421
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7 mentioned in paragraph 4 of Your Lordship's despatch I have to state that as regards the Registrar General, the special. Committee appointed to consider the estimates recommended that the salary of the Registrar. General instead of being #6,804 as it would be of 35 per cent plus the increment with the increase of $1,764 as mentioned in 17714 418 Your Lordship's despatch Gr.203 W: 203 of 20th Reptember last, " should be reduced to $6,000. In this recommendation I DAL disposed to coneur. am. I informed that the allowance of #1,200 granted to Mr, now dir Cecil, &mith and to Mr Deane, was rather given to those officers than to the offices they -respectively filled. The fact that the former officer continued to draw the whole Your of Page 420Page 421
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mentioned in paragraph 4 of Your Lordship's despatch

I have to state that as

regards the Registrar General, the special. Committee appointed to

consider the estimates recommended that the

salary of the Registrar. General instead of being #6,804 as it would be

of 35 per cent plus the increment

with the increase

of $1,764 as mentioned in

17714

418

Your Lordship's despatch

Gr.203

W: 203 of 20th Reptember last, " should be reduced to $6,000. In this recommendation I

DAL

disposed to coneur.

am.

I informed that the allowance of #1,200 granted

to Mr, now dir Cecil, &mith

and to Mr Deane,

was

rather given to those officers than to the offices they

-respectively filled.

The

fact that the former officer

continued to draw the whole

Your

of

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