The Committee appointed to inquire into the Diplomatic amd Consular Services has the ork imposed upon Som by Consuls may be simplified, and thus reduce
gross sum charged in the current year's inued its Report, of which the following is estimates for the service is £168,147, in part a reawné which is redacibl Cipla to about £135,000 nett, Theve eatimaten by: anticipated -extra: re-1858 a committee sat for the same pure exhibit a reduction of about £5,000 as compared with those of the previous year, which again were lower by 27,300 thin those of 1869-70. 'The universal complaint of insufi. slent pay would alone press on the Govern: ment the necessity of looking about for some means of retrenchment to' be set: off againat the increased cost of salaries, If better retirements, classification, leave of absence, promotion "and other ' like advantages are to be conceded, the service must give up its stationary and residential character, and be subject to more frequent change the discretion of the Foreign-office, This may not be considered an unmixed advantage by the Consuls themselves,
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