COLONIAL JOBI3ING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—Inquiry, inquiry, is the cry of the People ; let us have inquiry, will prove that legitimate, fair, and equitable reductions can be effected
public expenditure. " No inquiry," is the reply of the Ministers, the Tory ex-Alinisters, " it would be inconvenient." Who can it would be " inconvenient " when such cases as the one I shall come to light. Mr. ALEXANDER APLEAY, formerly Secretary to the Transport
tired some years ago with a pension of 750/. per annum. A promise out to him of a seat at the Navy Board, but with an intimation ease the pension should merge in the salary. No such appointment,
., took place, but he was nominated Secretary to the Colony of New South
with a salary of 2,000/. per annum ; house rent-free anti other Strange to say, his pension was continued over and above this salary. some time paid in England ; from what fiind, I am ignorant ; but when, sons with which no doubt few are well acquainted, it wasfound " inconvenient to continue the payment here, it was made chargeable on the Colonial of New South Wales .—in other words, Mr. ALEXANDER NPLEAT, services rendered in England, had a pension charged on the Colonial New South Wales, contrary to law ; it being expressly prohibited, by of George HI. cap. 117, to charge a pension upon any fund excepting of which the pension is originally payable. 'When upon a late occasion the Governor laid before the newly legislative Council the monstrous proposition of charging this pension Colonial Fund, there was but one independent member to oppose it. lowing is the protest of Mr. JOHN BLAXLAND of Newington-
'. I protest against the Colonial Secretary receiving 750/. a year out of Funit, for services performed in England ; it being expressly prohibited of 51st George III. cap. 117, sec. 2: to charge a pension upon any fund excepting out of which the pension is originally payable. So far, then, it is illegal to sion for services performed in the Navy Office at home upon the funds of
.A.ain—" The order of the Treasury is expressly against the practice; t-e
pension were paid at home, it would require an oath that the pensioner appointment above a certain amount."
Again—" The New South Wales Act, 9th George IV. cap. $3, see. 2511i, prohibits the Legislative Council from raising any tax, except for the service Colony ; and I request that the grounds of this, my dissent from the estimate, recorded on the minutes of the Council. and that an extract copy of such minute transmitted, together with a copy of the estimate, to the Right Honourable tory of State for the Colonies, for the consideration of his Majesty's Government. and we in the echoed by wonder that relate would
Board, re- was held that in such however, Wales, advantages. It was for fur rea- >7 Revenue for Revenue of the statute that out established on the The fol- the Colonial by the stitute that charge a pen- the Colony." and if the held no civil expressly of the may be maybe the Seem.
This manly protest needs no comment. I call on you, Sir, to hoping that some independent member of Parliament will demand tion of it in his place in the House from the Colonial Secretary. JCSTITIA. publish it -
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