CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12] — Page 421

of this allowance when

asting

as Colonial Secretary, the Acting Registrar General

of it, rather to support the above

receiving

none

goes

contention. On the other

que

hand, however, the Secretary of State's despatch N9170 of 9th December, 1881, paragraph

7, tends to show that this allowance was amalgamated in the Registrar General's salary. Having regard, however, to the salaries of

other

officers and the

recommendation

of

the

Committee, Your Lordship

may

concur in

thinking

that a salary of £6,000 is

sufficient for the office

in question.

As to the Registrar of

the Supreme Court the

increase

proposed in Sir

G. William Des Vœux's despatch

No 389 of 23rd December, 1889,

was $1,460. The amount

proposed is £1440 being

an increase.

How

an

9

I made the following corrections: 1. "Recretary" -> "Secretary" 2. "Ev 9th" -> "9th" 3. "#6,000" -> "£6,000" (assuming British Pounds) 4. "eufficient" -> "sufficient" 5. "Dupreme" -> "Supreme" 6. "dir" -> "Sir" 7. "Nr" -> "No" 8. "Desember" -> "December" 9. "in crease" -> "increase" (twice) 10. "> " removed as it seems to be an OCR artifact 11. "G. William Des Vaux" -> "G. William Des Vœux" (corrected surname) 12. "$1,460" -> "£1440" is kept as is, but it's worth noting that the currency is inconsistent (£ and $). 13. Formatted the text into HTML using

for paragraphs.