CO129-258 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [1-4] — Page 187

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position; that no case whatever has been made out in support of the motion for the immediate reduction of certain salaries, and that it is to be regretted that the motion was made; that there is evidence in the memorial, as well as elsewhere that the reasons urged in the Finance Committee and the Council in support of the motion were not the sole or the mainly operative reasons for the motion being made; and lastly, that the appointment of a retrenchment Commission is neither necessary nor desirable. I have therefore the honour respectfully to advise Your Lordship not to accede to the prayers of the memorialists.

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I have also to beg Your Lordship to pardon the inordinate length of this despatch. If more time had been available, I might have

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186 position; that no case whatever has been made out in support of the motion for the immediate reduction of certain salaries, and that it is to be regretted that the motion was made; that there is evidence in the memorial, as well as elsewhere that the reasons urged in the Finance Committee and the Council in support of the motion were not the sole or the mainly operative reasons for the motion being made; and lastly, that the appointment of a retrenchment Commission is neither necessary nor desirable. I have therefore the honour respectfully to advise Your Lordship not to accede to the prayers of the memorialists. 20. I have also to beg Your Lordship to pardon the inordinate length of this despatch. If more time had been available, I might have

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position; that no case whatever has been made out in support of the motion for the ~ immediate reduction of - certain salaries, and that it is to be regretted that the snotion was made; that there

is evidence in the memorial, as well as elsewhere that the urged in the Finance

reasons

Committee and the Conneil

in support of the motion_

were

not the sole or the

mainly operative reasons for

the

the motion being made; and lastly, that the appointment of a retrenchment Commission

is neither necessa

necessary

I. Og

desirable. I have therefore. the honour respectfully to- advise Your Lordship not to recede to the prayers of the

memorialists.

20.

I have also to beg

Your Lordship to pardon the inordinate length of this despatch. If,

more time had been available, I might have

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