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(par. 7) that Europeans should be paid in Sterling" (which involved an

immediate rise of 35 percent dollars)

and nou.

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not adop but 357

Europeans be given miles

a rise of 20 percent over the 1875nates

The gentlemen who got

35% rise are now un 35% rise

To wa

thinking that 20%

Meis

This however

Ibez leave to doubt; it is

mmons inn

disproved by the figures

too much.

for the Clerks, I support the scheun of the (ol. Secretary which & goes less to the 1875 rates.

back more or

Are we then to suppose that the

Cost of living for

Europeans

has not increased at all since

1875

instead of having

at least 10 per cent?

increased

has

If so we may fairly suspect that the cost of living for Europeans

increased, not 20 per cent,

more

Int

nearly 10 per cent; and this

usvery shy in future

should make us

statements as

in accepting vague to increased cost of living.

Rent must have grown for

as

the Clerks

well as for the higher Civil Servants;

well as the highen and these Clerks,

ar

Civil Servants, must live partly imported food & clothing, the cost

m

given in Ashe

f

which has (we

par. 5(b) of Enc. I in

1 in

ane

Fold in

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increased "generally spanking proportion to the fall in exchange"! We are not told how the Comum.

in 1889

arrived at the conclusim

to the Report that the cost of living had gone. asto price of up 10percent for chisfarticles of food.

ann my. muistion

Straits

14507/89

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Europeans

I 20 percent for Europeans, and Inspect that if the statistics had

been dealt with in this home

with a due regard to the propertie of a man's nicome that he spends on each head of expenditure

hear

some

of which have not grown. anch if at all

if at all - it would be found that there was exaggera- thin in that Estimate

The proposed reductions cannot take effect except gradually a

vacancies occur,

& I do not

ar

therefor know why the Governor wants a telegraphic reply. Badifatilage the unofficial

madrack Member of Leg. Council supported (by

the Report inn 1595/89-90) the signing

the

increases of 20 percent given & Istmed like to Zzears ago, get their proposed reductions.

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