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Appendix I.

(This is printed as a specimen. Other Returns of a similar kind are attached in manuscript.)

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS for the information of the Committee of the Legislative Council to enquire into the cost of

living, &c., in the Colony.

Name of Officer,-J. M. A. SILVA.

Position in the Service,-1st Clerk, Audit Office.

Questions.

1. When did you enter the Service?

2. What Offices have you since held? (Give the dates of your appointment to each Office, and the emoluments attached to each.)

January, 1856.

Answers.

Treasury, Clerk, 1st Jan., 1856, $1,200. Audit Office, Tem. Clerk, March, 1856,

$900.

Registrar General's 2nd Clerk, April,

1858, $1,200.

Registrar General's 1st Clerk, April,

1859, $1,440.

Audit Office, 1st Clerk, July, 1859,

$1,920.

3. When were you appointed to your 1st July, 1859.

present position?

4. What were your Salary and Emolu-

ments in the following years?

1874,

1879,

1884,

1889,

5. How much had you to pay for house

rent in the following years?

$2,160 per annum.

$2,400

$2,400

典案

$2,640

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1874.

1879.

1884.

1889.

6. What were the wages of each of your

Servants in the following years?

1874,

1879,

1884,

1889,

Living in my own house.

Boy, $5; Cook, $6; Coolie, $5.

Same.

Boy, $6; Cook, $7; Coolie, $6.

Boy, $8; Cook, $8; Coolie, $6.