CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 625

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f

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: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

I'Aquilar

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