CO129-255 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [5-7] — Page 398

397

of salary to a deduction

on their total

of 4%

emoluments of whatever nature payable out of the Colonial Treasury, and I gather from Your Lordship's despatch W.237 of 2nd

October, 1891, that the value

of free quarters should

be considered as

forming

part of such emoluments. I enclose for Your Lordship's

consideration

a

copy of a

report by the acting

Colonial

Gov 178814

Conclos 17th frame 1892.

Colonial Treasurer on the question of the exemption of certain officers from liability to contribute in respect of the annual value of their free quarters. I hardly think that, sufficient

cause is shewn

for the proposed exemption,

inasmuch as the salaries

of the officers in question

were

presumably fixed

with regard to their

circumstances, including

te