a then serving continuously for eight and thirty years in most trying climate until he eventually dies in harness, does it not seem hard that the Government should not be able to acknowledge such services in an appropriate and satisfactory manner by making suitable provision for his wife and married daughter? A system is surely at fault that could allow such persons to be exposed to want; it would justify the conclusion that services the most meritorious and involving the devotion of a life are those which do not admit of reward and would create an impression that could not be favorable to the best interests of the service of your Colony. I therefore sincerely trust not only for the sake of Mrs. Almada and her daughters but also for the reputation of our own Government that the case may receive further consideration and that you will be able to make such representations to the Home Government as shall save Mrs. Almada and her...