In the reply to this Letter the following
Number should be quoted,
ECEIV
C.O. 30 DEC
1872
Very pressing
D
Treasury
277
12731
Chambers
28th December 1872
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 20th inst., I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to point out that, in the case of an additional payment to an officer in receipt of a public salary being considered the only, or at least the best, person to perform a public duty unconnected with his own office (which are the circumstances of the present case) such payment from Imperial Funds is not in question, and where also the Colonial Office...
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R. H. Meade.
Colonial Office