Government as well as that of Colonial Secretary; and he offered under these circumstances his right to act for me, to forego if I thought it well to obtain Your Lordship's sanction by 398 informed privately that as he had not entertained the public, he was unwilling to personally benefit by the entertainment allowance for the 27 days.
In a subsequent graph to the General's administering instead of him during my absence. I did not think it well to accept his offer, and he accordingly acted for me from 14 to 27th ultimo inclusive.
In return he informed and he suggested that perhaps I might be willing, in view of the amount of entertaining, far in excess of the entertainment allowance, that devolves on me to draw the allowance for myself. He added that if I objected to this, he proposed to draw the allowance and