THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1586, 28 May 1861, Page 2

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.

On Saturday evening the. Council Votedf an increase 6f _£200 tb'the ..Superinten.j dent's salary. Such an increase had for some time been talked of out of d<w%. 4s" a very n^qess^ry^t of justice tbwa|)ds v <j>ne whose great abilities have beeii » so -f long and so disinterestedly devoted t6Hhe; Welfare of this Provihce~not thaC| mere > money payment can recompence *t Iris Efondr for the services he has tendered, ( or restore the loss which the wear and tear his office has* -demanded; but as being one of •' the methods by which An appreciation of those Services could| lie shown.' The duty 'of the Council was plain,; -and they clieer_uliy did itregardless of the handle 'which would. lj>e made of it out of doors by •Hfcose w.ho ? are not over scrupulous as. to :f what, cries they get up to damage the/Superintendent's popillarity^&tf long a)*; fcriies can be got up with any (jolouring a- a11.. ,'. , „ j ... a ■ , Last night, to the surprise of many, though certainly not to tha£ of those^who knew, J^r. '.arjgbl^ ttie fpllowr ing message from his Honor was received • (>y the Speaker, declining to accept the proposed increase. I Message No. 8. I Tlre"Sopcrintendent-hopes"the "Provlddtal Council|will pardon him for referring tu a recent Vote, before it has beep officially brought under pis notice. ,- I While fully appreciating*; the considerations wliich induced the .Council ..to., increase .the salary attached , id. ?he. office he holds, the Stiperintendeul feels himself compelled for reasoins which \yifl readily prieseut. themselves [,;tf±sis: . Conncil, to decline assenting to thepropbsialiv : |, He therefore tmsts that before passiii^th^ Appropriation Bilhthe Council will consent to lhe salary of the Superintendent being reduced to the amount originally placed on the Esti- 4 pates. '• '. •■' r '■ *•' ' ''"' •'-'" : *-1 ; I. E^FsfAT-tßßisxo^, "'.)'. """:.',' ' "' 4 SupeJni'lindenti, ' Superintendent- Office, -■*«>•-•"-•-. ;* ! •";.VVelfingtpn,;27.h' May, 1861. ".' "„'. '....,., | „.When,we beari in, mind: the .income, which ; Dr. -JTeafcherston's professional-' abilities would ensure; him~the reimi.neration which. private companies, (such as the Banks) 1 readily give to managers of ordinary ability-T^-the salary which Dr. Featherston has received from the Province must be admitted as mostinidequate, and with the addition proposed i,t would only reach- the amount long Voted by some of the other Provinces. Injustice to himself and, to hwoffie|,J)r. 0 fc Wnks* ought; to have felt bound to accept the increase which the' Council voted; but 4s he has declined doing so, the publio can only regard it as another of the many manifestations of that self-sacrifi-cing spirit which is more or less apparent in all his proceedings. > • Rightly to appreciate this disinterested conduct, each reader has only to*; put himself in Dr. iTeatherston's place,, , and, feel Jhow loth., he wouldbe to forego £2oo, a year aft^ry ;it had been voted him, cousciQusC&tlj the same time iUat > i- I y^;w^rd]fcrA49(i;-^' ; - T<