895 was
we
the late of the Military Secretary dated 27th April 1875 now learn from War Office Telegram replying to mine of 10th August to Colonial Office, opposition to War Office instructions offered to the Control Department.
ment
in
that representations and applications from the Colonial Government to have the Memorandum modified or rescinded, were unheeded and unanswered.
But that the Major General (with whom Your Lordship is well aware) was an obstacle to the usual payment of the subsidy.
and could have
at any time removed it by recalling or modifying his Memorandum, and that he ignored all communications requesting him to do so.
10th that the whole difficulty originated in an order given by the Major General, who was not in a position to do so, contrary to the Treasury instructions laid down for the guidance of the Control Department, and which the head of that Department refused to recognise.
3. Whatever be Your Lordship's decision after a perusal of the papers I transmit, a