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of free guasters,..

and any other unprostionable

remincration for personal service

the amount to be allowed for

bat-so that

estimated value of

freemarter that potenceed me sixt the thea..

of the whole of the other emoluments of the Office?

as

Vinclude

100

indicare under the 1/6th ofthe calary allowed by the

new regulations; & Ishould be disposed

F?add that in future ape to uch

Anunds th

th a rea

Hi

by Saudi

perquisite, shuld be abolished

suy

Mlas thin.

the whol to allow it on this

Case

to amend the rew

Your to

I be to tell the your

repilations so as to then distinct of that

fuel flight would not be allowed -

It is time that W. Deans having retired in the middle of last year dres

hott

have

literally come under the new regulation but in computing his pension on his final Salary, and not on the average, you time something already given him the benefit of the new

rales in that respect: and for some fine past we have not adhered to the literal

alterly Satitled

We are herein told that "all free quarters are accompanied by the privileges of free light and fuel"; in extimating therefore the value of such "ree pantoor" it seems to me that one would naturall the reduct the privileges in preation, just as one would the value of the are of furniture, if the pasties were furnished._ boen

if you regard the privilegen

distinct from the quartan Idris themselves, it seems tone that they come quithin the

Hecht Way Stain the description "other

rememena tion for personal service; fuel flight", like ration's, are necessariges of life, which and content he is not in all live? or at all wants to a Suropean,

are of

In persel rame teanno the regarded as a

Expenter of that they an description which are contingent only on the particular. Untit peta & and actual transaction of the business ofthe Office the person retiring may have held", which are excluded. which the old treasury miley they have certainly ben allowed to come with When the your say, that such perquisites have not- rean team included, I doubt if the means that they have wverton deliberately ruled out; the old Stompting minute semm ofilk bener d nothin's the "salary", but for Reveral year hast as have included other emoluments according to greasing principles Holony as the value of "free parter." did wt cacced one sixth of the salary, Ido not think wethulch have raised any question as to how that valus was made up.

Sir W. Robinson here Love the value of these pertinen in M. Deane's cam was $100. that ban, added to the sentralen which has already been allowed, still makey the total valus. of free giantess".

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wording of the old minule in cases it had been determined to amend it.

17807/04 +2224/85, 18391/85,

415912/08

are 3 Casers where

4th of salary

the maximum t

INCA

Whi

Jun 25/2/2

But sec 177208/1

which says that "Care is always taken to sex that them maxi- [1.8.. one with AA Salary) is not allerve

actually allowed for "free grades"; it is time. that the question of free fuel flight was not raised in any of them, but I cannot froid a

where. "Free quarters" have ever wantwall for Quarters if that been taken at less than tot in Hoy koty represents more

(than the actual value of Quarters, which words I should read

OLY

me

eaning Quarters arly, & not any other perquisites. If so, there is no precedent for mig. Deane's

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