CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 541

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() that it will materially secrease the amount of pension.

For these reasored

I have the honour to request that if He's Execelency cannot grant my application for the increase

er cent on

my salary,

of the quarters,

I

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irrespective

I may be allowed

to draw the full increase and

provide

way

of pay,

owen quarters.

At my present rate receiving less by my

I am receiving

supposed promotion to this Department

February 1887, than if I had

8202.

remanica 37a Master in the Government Central School. The Assistant Masters there are

e receiving per month while I get but $166, and this is an of only $11 on the emoluments of my first appointment in Narch 1878. N'oreover the whole of

increase

the Masters now in the Ketoria.

College

Fr

College, with the exception of Wright, were my juniors at the time I was transferred to this Department, so that had I remained

there & should now have been second Master at $250 per mouth and also Acting Head Master. I scarcely

artr

aware that this can

be admitted as an

argument in

the question of Quarters I am now

but d

I respectfully

Khush

enburitting, that the eminently unfavourable

and

disappointing results to me,

what was considered promotion

His Excellency

may dispose

hread

paragraph 21 in the manner most

favourable to use,

and fo

give my

case his further consideration.

Grave

Aue FC.

(Signed) U. M. B. Arthur.

7. Wise, Esq.

Police Magistrate.

First Clerk.

Ba

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