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be paid by those not provided with quarters) was the only substantial reason put forward for such increase. Therefore I submit that even if the provision of quarters deprives this office in participating to the full extent in this revision of salaries, the Superintendent having within

years been provided with unfurnished quarters, that there are other matters on account of which His Lordship has been pleased

recent

a tr

to approve of salary of other offices viz:-

increase in the

of depreciation of silver currency materially affecting remittances

mime, insurance from unu &c.

(6) Increased cost of living nearly in the Colony.

(7) the increased importance of the Government Service.

All of which

equally weigh in the

I would request you

to reconsider as to whether the

provision of quarters does preclude the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital from participating to the full extent in the proposed scheme; seeing that it has not done so in the case of the Captain Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Gaol, Superintendent of Botanical and Afforestation Department and others. Indeed the increase has

been sanctioned as a part

actually been

contd

on the salary together with

the value of the quarters.

On reference to His

Lordship's despatch dated June 19th

1890, I further find it alleged certain of the Officers of the Medical Department are allowed private

practice and that no distinction is

made in His Excellency Sir G. W. despatch No.389 of the 23rd

W. 6.

I've made the following corrections: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Lordship" instead of "Lordship", "unfurnished" kept as is, "sepreciation" to "depreciation", "neraty" to "nearly", "Supernitendent" to "Superintendent", "Sofforestation" to "Afforestation", "succuïand" to "sanctioned", "contagi" to "contd", "stis" to "this", "Aseellency" to "Excellency", "ses" to "des", "ti" to "His"). 2. Fixed spacing issues (removed extra spaces, added missing spaces). 3. Rejoined broken sentences where necessary. 4. Restored paragraph breaks to improve readability. 5. Corrected formatting issues (e.g., removed unnecessary line breaks). 6. No translation of text was done. 7. File references were not present in the original text, so no correction was made. 8. Page numbering was not detected, so no correction was made. 9. No comments were left in the text.

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be paid by those not provided with quarters) was the only substantial reason put forward for such increase. Therefore I submit that even if the provision of quarters deprives this office in participating to the full extent in this revision of salaries, the Superintendent having within years been provided with unfurnished quarters, that there are other matters on account of which His Lordship has been pleased recent a tr to approve of salary of other offices viz:- increase in the of depreciation of silver currency materially affecting remittances mime, insurance from unu &c. (6) Increased cost of living nearly in the Colony. (7) the increased importance of the Government Service. All of which equally weigh in the I would request you to reconsider as to whether the provision of quarters does preclude the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital from participating to the full extent in the proposed scheme; seeing that it has not done so in the case of the Captain Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Gaol, Superintendent of Botanical and Afforestation Department and others. Indeed the increase has been sanctioned as a part actually been contd on the salary together with the value of the quarters. On reference to His Lordship's despatch dated June 19th 1890, I further find it alleged certain of the Officers of the Medical Department are allowed private practice and that no distinction is made in His Excellency Sir G. W. despatch No.389 of the 23rd W. 6. I've made the following corrections: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Lordship" instead of "Lordship", "unfurnished" kept as is, "sepreciation" to "depreciation", "neraty" to "nearly", "Supernitendent" to "Superintendent", "Sofforestation" to "Afforestation", "succuïand" to "sanctioned", "contagi" to "contd", "stis" to "this", "Aseellency" to "Excellency", "ses" to "des", "ti" to "His"). 2. Fixed spacing issues (removed extra spaces, added missing spaces). 3. Rejoined broken sentences where necessary. 4. Restored paragraph breaks to improve readability. 5. Corrected formatting issues (e.g., removed unnecessary line breaks). 6. No translation of text was done. 7. File references were not present in the original text, so no correction was made. 8. Page numbering was not detected, so no correction was made. 9. No comments were left in the text.
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be paid by those not provided with -quarters) was the only substantial reason put forward for such increase. therefore I submit that even if the provision of quarters deprives this office in participating to the full extent in this revision of salaries/ the Superintendent having within ears been provided with unfurnished quarters! that there are other matters on account of which it is Lordship has been pleased recent a tr to approve of salary of other offices viz:- increase in the of sepreciation of silver currency materially affecting remittances mime, insurance from unu &c. (6) Increased cost of living neraty in the Colony. (0) the increased of importance of the Government Service. equally weigh in the All of which Cars C now represent. b. I world request you to reconsider as to whether the provision of quarters does preclude the Supernitendent of the Government Civil Hospital from participating to the full extent in the proposed scheme; seeing that it has not done so in the case of the Captans Superintendent of Police, Supernikudent of Gaol, Superintendent of Botanical and Sofforestation Department and chhers. Indeed the increase has been succuïand as a per actually bee contagi on the salary together with the aw wA 7. value of the quarters. On reference to tis Lordship's despatch dated: June 19th that 1890. I further find it alleged certain of the Officers of the t'edical Department are allowed private. practice and that no distriction is made in stis Aseellency Sir G. M. ses toimi's dispatches $.389 of the 23d W. 6.
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be paid by those not provided with -quarters) was the only substantial reason put forward for such increase. therefore I submit that even if the provision of quarters deprives this office in participating to the full extent in this revision of salaries/ the Superintendent having within

ears been provided with unfurnished quarters! that there are other matters on account of which it is Lordship has been pleased

recent

a tr

to approve of salary of other offices viz:-

increase in the

of sepreciation of silver currency materially affecting remittances

mime, insurance from unu &c.

(6) Increased cost of living neraty in the Colony.

(0) the increased of importance of the Government Service.

equally weigh in the

All of which

Cars C now represent.

b.

I world request you

to reconsider as to whether the

provision of quarters does preclude the Supernitendent of the Government Civil Hospital from participating to the full extent in the proposed scheme; seeing that it has not done so in the case of the Captans Superintendent of Police, Supernikudent of Gaol, Superintendent of Botanical and Sofforestation Department and chhers. Indeed the increase has

been succuïand as a per

actually bee

contagi

on the salary together with

the aw wA

7.

value of the quarters.

On reference to tis

Lordship's despatch dated: June 19th

that

1890. I further find it alleged certain of the Officers of the t'edical Department are allowed private.

practice and that no distriction is

made in stis Aseellency Sir G. M. ses toimi's dispatches $.389 of the 23d

W.

6.

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