on all
addition to the one per cent Departmental charge purchases, vanotioned in
the Secretary of States Circular Despatch of the 12th May, 1886, . the Crown Agents charge
per
cent
2.
on
freight.
one
It seems to me
that it was never
contemplated,
at least not by my predecesors,
per cent
that one
on stores
was to be supplemented by
one
3.
per cent on
freight. It is, no doubt,
true
477
true that, in Mercantile Houses,
on
a Commission is charged all disbursements; but, in these cases, the amount is
advanced by the firms
disbursing; whereas, in the
し
present case, the Crown Agente
are
simply disbursing the Funds of the Colony . Moreover, if they charge on freight, - they might also charge insurance, which, at present, however, they do not do.
I enclose a
sclosure 2.4 18th April 1888
On
feu-
Cased