CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12] — Page 139

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Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works praying for

Can

extra remuneration and to state that I shall be glad if the application is favourably considered by Your Lordship although, strictly speaking, the granting of his request

request would

not be in accordance with the Colonial Regulations.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

C. Luis

Enclosure

RECEIVED

C.O.

184417

13th September 1894.

My Lord Marquess,

I have the honour to submit for Your Lordship's consideration the following circumstances with regard to salary drawn by me while on leave.

2. Upon the departure of Mr Cooper on 12 months' leave of absence (4 months full and 8 months half-pay), I was appointed Acting Director of Public Works. After performing the duties for 6 months I had the misfortune to suffer from a severe attack of asthma produced by malarial fever, in consequence of which my Medical Attendant ordered me to proceed to Japan. Up to that time, Your Lordship will observe, I had received remuneration on account of my acting appointment (amounting to $100 per month in addition to my salary) for two months only.

3. During my absence, which, owing to continued ill-health, extended over 12 weeks, Mr Tooker was appointed Acting Director of Public Works and for the whole of the period mentioned received additional remuneration at the rate of $100 per month. Mr Tooker had, for the two preceding months, been in receipt of $50 per month.

The Right Honourable

The Marquess of Ripon,

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

CO 184/117

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Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works praying forCanbeextra remuneration and to state that I shall be glad if the application is favourably considered by Your Lordship although, strictly speaking, the granting of his requestrequest wouldnot be in accordance with the Colonial Regulations.I have the honour to be,My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most ObedientHumble Servant,C. LuisEnclosureRECEIVEDC.O.18441713th September 1894.My Lord Marquess,I have the honour to submit for Your Lordship's consideration the following circumstances with regard to salary drawn by me while on leave.2. Upon the departure of Mr Cooper on 12 months' leave of absence (4 months full and 8 months half-pay), I was appointed Acting Director of Public Works. After performing the duties for 6 months I had the misfortune to suffer from a severe attack of asthma produced by malarial fever, in consequence of which my Medical Attendant ordered me to proceed to Japan. Up to that time, Your Lordship will observe, I had received remuneration on account of my acting appointment (amounting to $100 per month in addition to my salary) for two months only.3. During my absence, which, owing to continued ill-health, extended over 12 weeks, Mr Tooker was appointed Acting Director of Public Works and for the whole of the period mentioned received additional remuneration at the rate of $100 per month. Mr Tooker had, for the two preceding months, been in receipt of $50 per month.The Right HonourableThe Marquess of Ripon,Secretary of State for the Colonies.CO 184/117 It appears the original text was not properly formatted and had some OCR errors. I corrected the text and reformatted it into proper paragraphs. I also corrected some obvious spelling errors and made minor adjustments to sentence structure for clarity. The original page numbering and file reference were not present in the provided text, so I couldn't include them in the output. However, I did notice "CO 184/117" at the end which seems to be a file reference and have kept it. If "Page XX" information was available, it would be kept as per the instructions.

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Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works praying forCanbeextra remuneration and to state that I shall be glad if the application favourably considered by "Your Lordship although, strictly speaking, the grant- ing of his request.request wouldnot be in accordance with the Colonial Regulations.I have the honour to be,My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most ObedientHumble Servant,C LuisEnclosureaclosureRECEC.O.18441713th September 1894.My Lord Marquess,I have the honour to submit for Your Lordship's consideration the following circumstances with regard to salary drawse me whileby2. on leave.orea severe attack Upon the departure of Mr Cooper 12 months' leave - of- abunce, — ( 4 months full: and 8 months half-pay),_ I was appointed Acting Director of Public Works. After perform- -ing the duties for 6 months I had the misfortune to suffer from of asthma produced by malarial fever, inMedical Attendant consequence of which my ordered me to proceed to Japan. Up to that time, Your Lordship will observe, I had received remuneratione received rem account ofora.... my acting appointment (amounting to $100 per month in addition to salary) for two months only.3. During mymyusual absence, which, owing to continued ill-health, extended over 12 weeks, 16? Tooker was appointed Acting Director of Public Works and for the whole of the period mentioned received additional remuneration at the rate of $100 per month. Mr Tooker had, for the two preceding. months, been in receipt of $50 per monthThe Right Honourable.The Marquess of Ripon,Secretary of State for the Colonies.Q7 1.

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Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works praying for

Can

extra remuneration and to state that I shall be glad if the application favourably considered by "Your Lordship although, strictly speaking, the grant- ing of his request.

request would

not be in accordance with the Colonial Regulations.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Luis Enclosure aclosure

RECE

C.O.

184417

13th September 1894.

My Lord Marquess,

I have the honour to submit for Your Lordship's consideration the following circumstances with regard to salary drawse

me while

on leave.

ore

a severe attack

Upon the departure of Mr Cooper 12 months' leave - of- abunce, — ( 4 months full: and 8 months half-pay), _ I was appointed Acting Director of Public Works. After perform- -ing the duties for 6 months I had the misfortune to suffer from of asthma produced by malarial fever, in

Medical Attendant consequence of which

my ordered me to proceed to Japan. Up to that time, Your Lordship will observe, I had received remuneratione received rem

account of

ora....

my acting appointment (amounting to $100 per month in addition to

salary) for two months only.

During my

usual

absence, which, owing

to continued ill-health, extended over 12

weeks, 16? Tooker was

appointed Acting Director of Public Works and for the whole of the period mentioned received additional remuneration at the rate of $100 per month. Mr Tooker had, for the two preceding. months, been in receipt of $50 per month

The Right Honourable.

The Marquess of Ripon,

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Q7 1.

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