To be otherwise, I assure
Your
Lordship that, in a matter
of such
great and enduring importance, it would in the opinion of Myself and of my Council, be very false economy not to
offer still higher
remuneration.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most Obedient
Humble Servant
H. Bowen
P.S. I would request that your Lordship's final decision on this
subject may be communicated
to me by telegraph.
H.B.