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being withheld, and which was stated to be because he "shared the
Governor's view", whilst you at the same time stated that the
Governor had mentioned having caused me to be informed of the fact.
On the Governor's own admission, as set forth in his official
minute sent to me, his views only applied to the "emoluments and
duties of the post" of "Superintendent of Accounts, Correspondence
and Stores", a fact which, in view of Mr Secretary Harcourt's pre-
vious decision, does not concern my present application in any way.
His Excellency's minute does not even touch on the "special
circumstances' "which form the fundamental basis of my case, on
which alone it was agreed a "strong case" had been made out for a
pensionable personal allowance in 1911.
His view, which seems to have been written whilst under a
misapprehension as to the grounds on which my application or re- minder was founded, ie, in his own words, only relevant to the salary and duties of the post of "Superintendent of Accounts, Correspondence and Stores", being therefore irrelevant to my present application, and I now ask that it may no longer be used, as it has been, to the prejudice of my present case, and my posi- tion and prospects in the service, and afterwards whilst on pension.
I humbly appeal that the Secretary of State may be pleased to reconsider my case for the foregoing reasons, and chiefly:
(a) Because the conditions have been fulfilled as the
Secretary of State required;
(b) On the ground that His Excellency the Governor's
observatione, which are clear on the point of what they refer to and require no interpretation by me, have been inadvertently applied to my present case
to its prejudice; and
(o) That having been continued in the same post without
promotion for the stipulated period of three years,
it has not been in my power to alter the circum- stances of my case, which are the same to-day as they were in 1911, a fact which must have been fore-
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