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In reply to your despatch No.36 of the Bth.
ultimo, I have the honour to state that the correspondence re-
ferred to in your despatch does not appear to shew that when
Inspector Lee was transferred to the Registrar-General's De-
partment there was any understanding that his emoluments should
be increased pari passu with any future increases in the emo-
luments of his contemporaries who remained in the Police Force.
Bot
In paragraph 3 of Lord Knutsford's despatch
No.281 of the 26th.of November 1890 it is stated that Inspector
Lee might be transferred to the Registrar-General's Department
with the same rate of emoluments as hitherto drawn by him, and
this was accordingly done without any promise of future increase.
I consider that with the allowances of
240 per annum now granted to him Inspector Lee is sufficiently
paid. It is impossible to say whether he would in the Police
Force have attained to the rank of Chief Inspector, but however
that may be I am of opinion that the duties of his present
The Right Honourable
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JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P
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