And on the other the remittances and other charges supported by Bills of Lading and requisite Vouchers.
And in the second place that the establishment of my Department should be considerably strengthened. To this purpose I would certainly suggest that You should represent to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the desirability of sending out as speedily as possible an efficient Clerk, one who has had experience in keeping Accounts, whose duties would be inclusively confined to the Consular Department and whose salary at first should not be less than £300 per annum (I think it may probably be necessary to give £400). And that I might be empowered, should circumstances require it, to obtain additional clerical assistance.
The Clerk at present in my office should for the future devote his services entirely to Colonial duties and be paid by the Colony; there being in reality abundant work for a Clerk exclusively in that Department. The correspondence of Her Majesty's Consuls direct with this office will likewise entail considerable Postal Expenditure.