drawn in the Colony on the Crown Agents be given Authority to furnish The Colonial Post Office with the necessary Funds, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that the adoption of this proposal will in my opinion and in that of the Postmaster General to whom I referred the matter be a great convenience in cases of delay in the transmission of the requisite funds.
In case however under the proposed change it would be possible for an officer bent on deliberate fraud to send off advices without Cash for several consecutive mails before a letter from London could reach the Colony, I would suggest the advisability of instructing Crown Agents to telegraph when they have to make payment in consequence of the failure of the Colonial Officer to remit the amount of an order, the Officer at fault (if any) being liable to pay for the telegram.
Judging from past experience, it is not apprehended that many cases of non-remittance will occur in this Colony, but as it might accidentally happen at any time, it will be a decided advantage to know that it will not involve as now the non-payment of Orders.
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