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Magistrate's faz. At any rate we may perhaps wait Isay nothing

until he officially complains. (He has already written a private grumble, but that cannot

be attended to).

As to the wish of the Unofficials par. 10 of dex ? omit words

to reduce the salaries to the level

the

at which they stood in 1890, Secretary of State has stated the opinion (in despre 21623%, which is to be laid befor the Leg. (amcil) that the increases of salan granted

unnecessarily

in the light off of living.

sufficient

were

in 1891. if viewed sunfly

micreased cort

But I think no

il liberal of the

reason is shown by the Unofficials

now

- for cutting

officers.

down the pay off Existing

Such a step should only

be taken when the finances of

are

bad way, verz really in a Colony & Ilink M.O'Brien shans ein lis

Speech that that is not now ther case with Hmething.

A similar attempt to cut down the salaries was made in 1891,

year after a (ammmitten

the Unofficials were,

ste

the

which

full represented

had recommended the micr

ncreases,

pp. 33-6 Arue. 5.

in brackets- bould treat these

Simofficials cartly, licis affidude has

I the arguments then brought

Inward

were dealt with in

502

Lord Kuntoford's des " " on 8391/91-

is at

? Say that Lerd hisen thinks Mancial Min position of the Colmy the position of least as good

been discountions

CPK

Id almost impudent &

which were my raised few years ago

in

In unanin

mos recover

mendations

a fommittee

in which then

Unofficial Members of the forencil

were

can d

I in an appointment) The Salary I will in the ordinary (Cause be reconsidered)

Baisted

par. 11 of desf." think the write ought at to have incen

w fut puraps it to be better not to say so (PI motto

ich not better tube

2/

it was

& that be concurs in

2

years

the

views expressed in his predecessor dest. (in 8397/9/4, afford the prevent abunden

that that

"no reas

and considen

han

salaries

for reducing the salaries of many of the existing officers [although he will be prepared in the event ey to reconsider the ency [to Jany salary of the post, & if it should then appear that the pay is

necessaris liberal to cut it

Imu

a wa

done on

The Three

recent vacancies, vry of Suferin tendent of Police, Sup of the swol & Registian of thin Supreme Court

As to the Extraordinar Public Works all of which proposed to be charged to the new Loan, there are

made:

are

two remarks to be

(1) The Prisen has been omitted from these Estimates & from the

Appropriation Orde

the consideration

ce spending

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