58
of information which came to hand on to the pecuniary position of the Island
20
The cult is flat, except on such Bank rates as happened in the Ordinary
Jurisdiction to be in the hands of the cashier of the Colonial Department
Driver
or the
A
at the 384 instant.
evening of
when the Bank suspended payment The Oriental Bank owes this Govern-
ment nothing. The amount of costs is rather larger than it would have been had the suspension taken place earlier in the month. In several Departments Salaries had been drawn from the Treasury but not paid over to the recipients, and
of course
drawee was in particular Bank
Where
any part of
the sum
Corporation costs
The
payee could
not, after the suspension, be asked to take them. The Salaries
noted in
The Colonial Departments which have been are as follows:—
Treasury Post Office
Harpers Office
Police
Magistracy
Civil
$420
6
350
10
5
10
15
Harbour Department
355
Registrar General
220
Supreme Court
240
£1910. (say $301)
These