Sir,
Hough Office, December 14, 1845.
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th November, stating that Mr. Tarrant, Clerk of the Works, is in the opinion of the Colonial Surgeon quite unfit to resume his active duties, and also enclosing a certificate from the Surgeon of Her Majesty's 55th Regiment to the effect that Private Makow of that Regiment (attached to the Land Department) is not likely to be able to return to his duty for some months.
In reply, I am to inform you that Mr. Tarrant, having been long in the employ of Government, in which he has lost his health, and having been very zealous and attentive in the discharge of his duties, His Excellency the Governor would wish very reasonable indulgence to be shown to him,
and would sanction his being employed in some way that would afford him the means of subsistence without exposing him to the bad effects of out-door work, until he shall be sufficiently recovered to enter upon the duties of his former situation. You are therefore authorized to make any arrangement in your power to this effect, and are to report to me what you may do for the approval of Government.
With respect to Private Mahon, as it appears from your letter that he has not been able to join your Department since he was first appointed to it, he can have no claim on it, and
you may therefore entertain a substitute for him at the same rate of pay, sending him (Private Mahon) back to his Regiment.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) Richard Caulfield.
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