a view to pension requirements only, and that where it is paid to any officer other than the Governor it
payment for a
is intended as
specific service — viz: - entertainment — rather than as
salary, and, as such, requires a certificate that
such service has been duly performed.
I am of opinion therefore
that it is my duty to require some certificate such as that referred to before making payment.
If my view is deemed
by His Excellency erroneous;
I will (in view of the fact that the vote will lapse at the end of the present month) make the payment desired,
on
the amount
being
entered in
the Governor's paysheet, but I shall be obliged by the Secretary of State being informed of the doubts I
entertain as to
my duty
in this case, and
by
His
Lordship being
requested
as a
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requested to state whether the Treasurer will be expected in future cases of this nature to satisfy himself that the payment is required reimbursement for expenses incurred in the public service, or whether he will be justified in regarding the entertainment allowance as
being simply a portion
of the Governor's personal emoluments, to which the officer Administering the Government in his
in absence becomes, ipso facto, entitled.
14 December, 1893.
(Signed) N. Mitchell-Innes,
Colonial Treasurer.