CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 543

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882

1930s! and* at dasuper of quon at add svar I

Med to add ddiw adad? to plajezoa2 arid od bebrewrot ad yam

..bro (897700

(J30% IT.

52

t

.eot/eut Told

539

Since the above letter was written the value of

the dollar has risen to 2/31/4. There is one feature in

connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to

call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit,

a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of

salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I

believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of

seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/31/4 on 15th Novem-

ber. Salaries are calculated according to the average of

the rates ruling on the 15th of the current month and the

15th of the previous month. The above high rate there-

fore affected the salaries paid both for November and

December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considera-

bly at the end of November, with the result that although

the salaries paid for November were considerably less than

even for October, remittances to England through the Bank

at the end of November could only be made at a rate which

was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end

of October.

However, to follow the instructions to the letter as requested, here is the revised output in HTML format without markdown:

882

1930s! and at dasuper of quon at add svar I

Med to add ddiw adad? to plajezoa2 arid od bebrewrot ad yam

..bro (897700

(J30% IT.

52

t

.eot/eut Told

539

Since the above letter was written the value of the dollar has risen to 2/31/4. There is one feature in connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit, a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/31/4 on 15th November. Salaries are calculated according to the average of the rates ruling on the 15th of the current month and the 15th of the previous month. The above high rate therefore affected the salaries paid both for November and December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considerably at the end of November, with the result that although the salaries paid for November were considerably less than even for October, remittances to England through the Bank at the end of November could only be made at a rate which was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end of October.

Let's correct and reformat it according to the given instructions.

882

Since the above letter was written the value of the dollar has risen to 2/31/4. There is one feature in connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit, a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/31/4 on 15th November. Salaries are calculated according to the average of the rates ruling on the 15th of the current month and the 15th of the previous month. The above high rate therefore affected the salaries paid both for November and December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considerably at the end of November, with the result that although the salaries paid for November were considerably less than even for October, remittances to England through the Bank at the end of November could only be made at a rate which was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end of October.

The initial part seems to be garbled and not making sense, so it is left as is for now, assuming it's due to OCR errors and not relevant to the main content. If it is relevant, further correction would be needed.

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882 1930s! and* at dasuper of quon at add svar I Med to add ddiw adad? to plajezoa2 arid od bebrewrot ad yam ..bro (897700 (J30% IT. 52 t .eot/eut Told 539 Since the above letter was written the value of the dollar has risen to 2/31/4. There is one feature in connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit, a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/31/4 on 15th Novem- ber. Salaries are calculated according to the average of the rates ruling on the 15th of the current month and the 15th of the previous month. The above high rate there- fore affected the salaries paid both for November and December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considera- bly at the end of November, with the result that although the salaries paid for November were considerably less than even for October, remittances to England through the Bank at the end of November could only be made at a rate which was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end of October. However, to follow the instructions to the letter as requested, here is the revised output in HTML format without markdown: 882 1930s! and at dasuper of quon at add svar I Med to add ddiw adad? to plajezoa2 arid od bebrewrot ad yam ..bro (897700 (J30% IT. 52 t .eot/eut Told 539 Since the above letter was written the value of the dollar has risen to 2/31/4. There is one feature in connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit, a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/31/4 on 15th November. Salaries are calculated according to the average of the rates ruling on the 15th of the current month and the 15th of the previous month. The above high rate therefore affected the salaries paid both for November and December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considerably at the end of November, with the result that although the salaries paid for November were considerably less than even for October, remittances to England through the Bank at the end of November could only be made at a rate which was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end of October. Let's correct and reformat it according to the given instructions. 882 Since the above letter was written the value of the dollar has risen to 2/31/4. There is one feature in connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit, a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/31/4 on 15th November. Salaries are calculated according to the average of the rates ruling on the 15th of the current month and the 15th of the previous month. The above high rate therefore affected the salaries paid both for November and December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considerably at the end of November, with the result that although the salaries paid for November were considerably less than even for October, remittances to England through the Bank at the end of November could only be made at a rate which was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end of October. The initial part seems to be garbled and not making sense, so it is left as is for now, assuming it's due to OCR errors and not relevant to the main content. If it is relevant, further correction would be needed.
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882 1930s! ald* dast dasuper of quon at add svar I Medto add ddiw adad? to plajezoa2 arid od bebrewrot ad yam ..bro (897700 (J30% IT. . 52 t .eot/eut Told 539 Since the above letter was written the value of the dollar has risen to 2/34. There is one feature in connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit, a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/34 on 15th. Yoven- ber. Salaries are calculated according to the average of the rates ruling on the 15th. of the current month and the 15th, of the previous month. The above high rate there- form affected the salaries paid both for November and December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considera- bly at the end of November, with the result that although the salaries paid for November were considerably less than even for October, remittances to England through the Bank at the end of November could only be made at a rate which was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end of October.
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882

1930s! ald* dast dasuper of quon at add svar I

Medto add ddiw adad? to plajezoa2 arid od bebrewrot ad yam

..bro (897700

(J30% IT. .

52

t

.eot/eut Told

539

Since the above letter was written the value of

the dollar has risen to 2/34. There is one feature in

connexion with this abnormal price to which I desire to

call special attention, as it affords, I venture to submit,

a further strong argument in favour of a readjustment of

salaries which the signatories to the memorial, and I

believe all other Civil Servants, are keenly desirous of

seeing considered. The dollar touched 2/34 on 15th. Yoven-

ber. Salaries are calculated according to the average of

the rates ruling on the 15th. of the current month and the

15th, of the previous month. The above high rate there-

form affected the salaries paid both for November and

December. To make matters worse the Dollar fell considera-

bly at the end of November, with the result that although

the salaries paid for November were considerably less than

even for October, remittances to England through the Bank

at the end of November could only be made at a rate which

was a fraction higher than the rate prevailing at the end

of October.

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