2
367
Mint unless the beouncil and Community
There
were
willing
and anxious to provide
for the expenses of that establishment. 12. I then mentioned
ww
anungement
which I was enabled to make with two of the Bank's
whereby
I could count on Reeping open the Maint for two montho
in
longer without expense to the balony in consequence of these Bank's sending Sufficient silver for coming to defray the working expense. Under that anangement the Main't Staff
ло пол
fully employed.
3. At the same time, as I felt that
there was a
natural and
reluctance to see an
growing establishment finally
closed, whose existence had been a source of occasional profit to the Bank's at least,
whilst its dissolution
some
could not but
cause
and character to the
local Government under whose auspices it
loss of prestige
had been opened,
I was
anxious to
very anxious avail myseif of the additional power
closing
conferred by ito threatened actual to ascertam, whether the Bank's might not be induced to make an effort for their
It seemed to sakes to keep it open.
own
mie
very
desirable that even at the eleventh
hour no step should be left untried to
attain that object
and to prevent its being
aftemands said that had more time been
allowed it would have been found that
there
were
parties here able and
Keep up the Meint.
I
u
willing to
drew up the enclosed
H. Accordingly I drew up