620
"
f
"
:lettining value, but the amount of
ront which the officer is saved.
red by being allotted quarters. Mr Collaço pays
$20 a month receiving && for his own quarters, he is paying out therefore $12
being
a.
mouth and
assessed at $40.32 besides.
Mz Me Chagas
with zeal and wite
has served
legrity for over
15 years in the same office he now holds and therefore had reasonably hoped to have received
a personal allowance this
4.
year.
Mỵ. Jones has stated the facts about his two rooms in the Harbour office with absolute. accuracy. A rental of fo6 a month for there is out of all proportion.
third of his
and is
income.
more than
CA
Baird and
For the letters of Messrs Livesey I would most
respectfully solicit special attention.
Both officers have served over 15
years on their present pay,
and
might therefore in accordance with custom
have petitioned for
a personal allowance, both have enjoyed the privilege of remitting half their salary at 4/2 and on
the unders
understanding
that
they
ivere
to receive an increase of 35%
signed
arr
agreement to forego the
-privilege - they
are both correct in
their statements as to the increased
value of the land in their vicinity
being wil they being the exceptions.
the
Mr Baird lives in
tanre
today as it was
barren wildaness which is worth
precisely 16 or 60 years ago.
Light-house keepers must
bo
a
matter of
course be lodged.
Light Houses as a rule are in
desolate places far from human
habitations as in the
Case
with
Both
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