CO129-256 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [8-12] — Page 264

If there for any

telegram in

to be sent, I would suggest.

that it be to this affect;

? Scheme

radiation

of clerical salaries

generally approved subject to

Concurr

official member of

gestation

A

Council who three gearsago recommended increased salarie,

aminte

&? write by despatch to the general effect of my

above.

S.W.3.8/11

M. Fairfield

I do not think this

approved by

Felegram.

ought

ch to be

"It seems to me

that the utmost a telegram should say

is that he

may

bring the matter before

the Legislative Council but final

resuved

approval will be in the meantime arthed.

I cannot help thinking Non European clerks will forund

On the Groun

of the fall of

ground of Supposing in a short time

that even

Some claims

Silver, and

any

step

is

taken in the Eastern colonies to counteract

the effect of clortze brought up again.

effect of that fall, we shall have the

Case of

"

Something

on this head ought to be said in 261 A despatch together with the points raised in minute. It ought

is

M. Johnson's

to be laid

down either that fluctuations in silver are

+ fluctuate

not of age and will not be recognised as

asypela constituting any

claim for readgst

-ment of Salaries of natives.

or if that position

Mif

of Hongking,

be not taken up bet

We must be sure that the scale which M. O'Brien.

has su

1

suggested

d

which certainly seems on

the

face of it fair, has allowes a liberal margin against a possible further fall of

I mean that if

further

Mea

of

of the dollar.

possible the

ground for any

Ford

revision for years to come should be for all. do for as may be possible, ent away. This can be put better in a despatch than a telegram; and though the terms Kautiford's despatch of 5. Aug: on 14216. Zather fromise a final deation at this stage of the fourcedings! I would suggest belgrating

Maypeep

as follows

a

your confidential despatch of

imitatioms

Liberty

You have liberty to

Contrasted

Legislative famcil datslite

despatch follows by

presuppose

New

Scale

mail

puffingley

30. September reselized

and in the despatch put the Substance

Submit to

Salaries

of