CORRESPONDENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 7212, 14 May 1887, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for th* oplnion/l expresaed by our correspondent*.! THE WAY THE MONEY GOES. '' TO THB KIMTOB. Sift—-The following are specimens of how the rubric nwney if squandered. At the present moment, when our prodigal Government have ' announced a seripna i"c«*80 ©* taxation, and for m-vny years the colonists have heen Beatified and .bleeding like a corpse on the dissecting table, I' And that the .Government have paid LUOO for a house adjoining the[Mtery, St. Clair, the building having cost about LSOO to t& original owner? . It is now occupied by the lommandant of th. force. are allowed elerks. Previous to their promotion from being sergeants they performed similac duties and their ewn elerleal werß. Surely Inspectors ef Peliee »" not require* at l»wreno», Dwutaa, Invemrfdl. Oamaru, Tjmara, eto. iergeants eoold perfewf *•«"• duties, aai tfceusaftds thus he saved. TelegraphiMid, telejhomie communication m * 6T»* assistance in reducing expenditure. Gaol warders have been allowed L2O yearly. lodging aliowanoe, although residing4nsid*-the gaol; and at the present time two of the warders are allowed L2O yearly for lodging -money, yet reside with, their families. They'are supplied , . with uniform- clothing;, bedding, table linen,; , prisoner servants (even to the extent of a hard- ■ ■;. Jabcr prisoner to aotas gardener); also, other " perquisites are. Allowed. (,'Follce constables, on the other hand, have to provide their uniform,

and are not allowed any lodging allowance. Tlicro are three police clerks in the Maclaggan street station, and a constable attends as Inspector's orderly. Married constables In (ireat Britain have to pay rent for their houses ; and inspectors and superintendents of divisions in counties, in addition to thnir dutift, perform their own clerical work. Why not the same in New Zealand ?—I am, etc., J.H. Dnufdin, May 14.