CO129-262 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1894 [1-4] — Page 627

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622

Ai

Regional.

I

feel that I have such a strong case to make before the Secretary of State in support of my application that I avail myself of Your Excellency's kind offer to forward my letter, or any other communication, for His Lordship's consideration. I would therefore beg Your Excellency to represent that the scheme sanctioned by the despatch of the Secretary of State of the 19th June 1890 was mainly to afford relief to certain officers of the Colony on account of the increased cost of living in this Colony, and did not contemplate any reduction in the rates of pension or leave salary.

It is just where there had been only a considerable increase in the pay of the office, that certain former privileges saved + salary of the office should be withdrawn, thus I could make no objection, when my Deputy Registrar had been raised from $8520 to $6480, to receive my half-pay salary at the larger rate of 4/- instead of 4½, but this I contend was not a personal disability but an incapacity attached to the office itself and arose from the increase of the pay of that office. The principle laid down in the despatch was that there was no necessity for a change in the rate of pension, and therefore that the holders of those offices to which

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622 Ai Regional. I feel that I have such a strong case to make before the Secretary of State in support of my application that I avail myself of Your Excellency's kind offer to forward my letter, or any other communication, for His Lordship's consideration. I would therefore beg Your Excellency to represent that the scheme sanctioned by the despatch of the Secretary of State of the 19th June 1890 was mainly to afford relief to certain officers of the Colony on account of the increased cost of living in this Colony, and did not contemplate any reduction in the rates of pension or leave salary. It is just where there had been only a considerable increase in the pay of the office, that certain former privileges saved + salary of the office should be withdrawn, thus I could make no objection, when my Deputy Registrar had been raised from $8520 to $6480, to receive my half-pay salary at the larger rate of 4/- instead of 4½, but this I contend was not a personal disability but an incapacity attached to the office itself and arose from the increase of the pay of that office. The principle laid down in the despatch was that there was no necessity for a change in the rate of pension, and therefore that the holders of those offices to which
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622

Ai

Regiohar.

I

feel that I have

such

a shong

مسات

to my before

the Fcretary of State in cup - hort of my application that I avail myself of thair

Your

Endly Exestleney's

Kina

offer to

to forward.

Letter

ny

any

other can-

munication for His Lordships-

consideration. I would therefore

& te

么

good

uch thour Execilency enough to grounds of my application

represent that the

that the scheme sauchoned

by

the despatch of the Secretary of State of the 19th June 1890

mainly to afford relief certain officers

of the

cncreased

in this Colony,

account

cost of living

Colony, and did not

contemplate

07.

suggest any re

duction in the rates of pension

or leave inlary.

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لستة الما

of

just where there had been.

only

considerable increase in the

pay of

AL

office, that certain

the former

privileges saved

+

salary of the office ·hould be

withdrawn, thus I could make

ad

objection, when my dairy Registrar had been

raised

from 85020 to 86480 to receive my half pay saiary

at the

the

larger

rake of 4/- writead

of 4/1⁄2 but this I contend was

not a

ati

personal disability but

incopacity attached to

the office itself and

from the

arose woll

itle is increase of the pag

of that office. The principle laid down in the despatch was. that there was

I w

necessity for rake of

increase in the rate

pension, and therefore that the holders of those offices to which

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