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feel that they have grievances with

regard to their conditions of service,

it is open to them to address the Head

of their department or the Governor

upon these, and if necessary to post this representations to

petition me through the usual channels.

west

If this is done their claims wed

receive due consideration.

I do not,

however, regard it as desirable that

any claims which they may have should

be met by the payment of pensions in

India at an artificially high rate and

I am therefore not prepared to

this matter.

intervene on their behalfan is ma

3. I should be obliged if you

would cause the petitioners to be

informed in the sense of the above

paragraph.

I have, etc.

(Sgd.) MALCOLM MacDONALD