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to future expences, I conceive that the direction that they shall be incurred with the exclusive sanction and upon the sole responsibility of the General Commanding in Chief, will apply to the officer actually holding the Command.
I shall therefore upon my departure [which will much depend upon what I learn from the Governor General] leave instructions accordingly with my successor; unless contrary orders shall have previously arrived. With this view I would request you to furnish me with a list of the appointments that have been made, and of the salaries attached to them, and to favour me with Your Excellency's opinion as to the expediency of keeping them up under present altered circumstances.
I have &c.
(Signed) St. Gough.
Lt. Commding. Expeditionary Land Force.