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Asks for the Colonial Office to suggest a length of time for which salaries should...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/202/77

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This record is about the Asks for the Colonial Office to suggest a length of time for which salaries should... dating from 1872 Sept 25 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 37/202/77
Date
1872 Sept 25
Description

Asks for the Colonial Office to suggest a length of time for which salaries should be fixed explaining that 'it is almost a system here to keep salaries studiously precarious or dependent on the House of Assembly, and it is one which strikes at the root of administrative independence and efficiency'; encloses two bills entitled 'Relating to the Powder Commutation Fund and Crown (Quit) Rents' and 'The Fee Act 1872'.

John Henry Lefroy, Governor of Bermuda, No. 65, Folios 448-468

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
10249/1872
Legal status
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9117208/

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