Received
20 MAY 1864
Treasury Chambers-
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 11th instant, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of Mr Secretary Cardwell, that, under the peculiar circumstances connected with the employment of hoda Silva as Audit Clerk at Hong Kong, My Lords will not object to the grant to him of a special and personal allowance of £100 a year in addition to his salary of £300 to commence from...