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only half salary of the acting office, to an amount greater

than the pay of my present office by 20%. I may reasonably

hope, if acting appointments are open to me, to do as well in

the next five years. If I am to be deprived of the opportunity,

I ought, I must respectfully submit to be compensated by an in-

creased rate of pay to begin with and by periodical increases.

6. I understood when my appointment was under consi-

deration that His Excellency the Governor contemplated the

salary of the office being $420 or $450 a month to begin with

instead of $370. I was under the impression that this was His

Excellency's recommendation to the Secretary of State. May I

beg of His Excellency to submit the matter for the further con-

sideration of the Secretary of State, and ask him in considera-

tion of the very great increase in the work and responsibility

of the Post Master General since the present rate of pay was

fixed, to increase the permanent salary to at least $450 a month

and to grant me, in consideration of the heavy work imposed on

me in reorganising a totally disorganised department, and of

the restriction he now desires to place on me, and which will

seriously affect my probable income, to grant me a small annual

increase, during the next five years, bringing the salary of

the appointment up to $500 a month.

7. This arrangement will only be just to me from a

pecuniary