CO129-262 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1894 [1-4] — Page 245

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Things that! I should mention in my memorial only one item of the excessive cost of living here, house rents. I have done so because the rents of houses here, except in the fog at the Peak, are notorious. Cadets here are given a house allowance equivalent to about a third of their salaries – while in Arylon they have none.

THE RED HOUSE,
ASCOT, BERKS
My dear Meade
8.3.94

O'Brien sends me the enclosed with a request that I will do "what I can to secure Lord Ripon seeing it at an early date."

He adds "Paragraphs 6 & 7 use a curious and rather striking, not to say they are an understatement." Of course they are. For house rent is not the only item in which the necessary cost of living here exceeds that in Arylon. Still, even as they stand, they are curious enough.

Has there ever been another case in the Colonial Service, in which an officer after seventeen years of work is "repeatedly characterized" ...

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Things that! I should mention in my memorial only one item of the excessive cost of living here, house rents. I have done so because the rents of houses here, except in the fog at the Peak, are notorious. Cadets here are given a house allowance equivalent to about a third of their salaries while in Arylon they have none. THE RED HOUSE, ASCOT, BERKS My dear Meade 8.3.94 O'Brien sends me the enclosed with a request that I will do "what I can to secure Lord Ripon seeing it at an early date." He adds "Paragraphs 6 & 7 use a curious and rather striking, not to say they are an understatement." Of course they are. For house rent is not the only item in which the necessary cost of living here exceeds that in Arylon. Still, even as they stand, they are curious enough. Has there ever been another case in the Colonial Service, in which an officer after seventeen years of work is "repeatedly characterized" ...
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lous that!? should mention in My memorial only

one items of the Excessive cost of living home houselens. I have done to is cause the

Luomuni rents of houses her, except in the fogat the Peak, are notorious. Cadets here are from a house allow ance equivalent to about a third

in Arylon

of their salaries – while in they have none.

Sivat

THE RED HOUSE,

ASCOT, BERKS

My dear Meade

8.3.94

O'Brien sends me the enclosed with a request that I will do" what I can to secure Lord Ripon seeing

early date "

it at

"He adds " Paragraphs 6 x7use a curious and rather striking,

a not? Of cause they

they

are under statement

a for house rent is not the only item

L·L

is

" which the recessary cost of linky, here

a exceeds that in legton. Still, even as,

is

they stand, they are curious enough.

Has there ever been another case

4 in the Colonial Senice, in which an

a offices of seventeen years of work "repeatedly characterized whis

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