CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6] — Page 635

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a sum

certain members of the remain- ing staff. The nett saving that would be effected by the adopt- ion of the above proposal amounts to #1256 after deducting of $1,600 the approximate total of the pensions due to the officers whose services it is proposed to -dispense with.

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approve

Should Your Lordship

the proposed reduction

in the staff, I would request that the officers affected there.

by may

be retired on

pension under

under sections 2 and 3 of clause 12 of the Pension Minute.

There

are

at present

no vacan

cies in other departments to which they could be transferred; and the high rate of salary drawn by them renders it very doubtful whether their re-employment hereafter would be justified on the grounds of economy.

I may add that the

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proposal herein submitted is quite independent of the recom -mendations of the Retrenchment

Committee

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