he will not personally benefit by any portion of it.
7.
I dissent
from
the
view taken by the Treasurer,
and
agree with that taken by Mr. O'Brien,
but as the question affects, inter alia,
the personal emoluments
of the Governor, I think it right to submit it for Your Lordship's decision.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant,
William Robinson
Enclosure.
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Minute by the Colonial Treasurer.
0.0. 853
REC
Dec 15 J. 94
Hon: Colonial Secretary,
I am in some doubt as to the duty of the Treasurer in this case.
If the sum requested were simply a part of the Governor's personal emoluments, payable to the officer acting for him during his absence, it would be passed on the ordinary pay sheet, bearing the Governor's certificate that such officer had been duly employed; but, after careful perusal of the Secretary of State's dispatch No. 108 of 1890, it appears to me that the merging of the entertainment allowance in the Governor's salary was effected with