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situation
and children, and
a sense of herself, a faithfulness and diligence
the
and diligence with which her
late husband performed the duties
of
his
office, as appears from the letters of the Chief Justice and
the Registrar of the Court herewith attached, the Council concurred with me in
the propriety of allowing her £100 from the Colonial Funds, as a
gratuity to enable her
to proceed to Van Diemen's Land.
Previous to voting the above sum, the Council had before
them the correspondence that passed between this Government and the Colonial Office on the subject of the £100 granted to Mr. Smithers, widow of the late Police Inspector Smithers, to defray the passage of herself and one child to England in 1848, which grant
was approved of by Your Lordship in Despatch No. 101 of
24th July, 1849.
Under these circumstances, and also that the death of Mr. Smith has caused a saving to the Government
I trust for Your Lordship's approval of the grant in question.
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Your Lordship's
Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Lieutenant Governor administering the Government