and $176 for wages; that the effects sold for $29 with the exception of
100
Silver Watch, out that the $176, due on account, was absorbed by
of Wages.
the set off and counter claims of Messrs R. S. Walker & Co. for funeral expenses and
ditto receipts
to deceased.
The Inventory
account
and Scheme of Administration show how the said $29 were disposed of. I find that
retained the Silver Watch in the expectation that some of deceased's family would apply touching his Estate, and imagining that it might be valued by them although intrinsically of very little value
now in
my possession having obtained the name
and abode
of the deceased's
Widow. I shall forward
it to her by the first
favourable opportunity:
I regret
that
my first
minute on the said
despatch was insufficient and that His Excellency the Governor had the trouble of reading two letters. I have the honour to be
Your
Sir,
most obedient servant::
M. Macpherson
Acting Registrar