r
closed
comy of a minute by
the Colonial treasurer
surer ex-
the causes
plaining the
which
led to the amount of the Government Deposits in the Banks on the 31st Au- gust and the 30th Septem- bor last being the authorised limit of ~ $350,000, and to refer you to the further particulars
in excess.
in this connection
con-
of
tained in the enclosures of Sir William Robinson's
despatch
Enclosu 20th Jany.
Bany
Gov
127
despatch N. 244 of the 23rd
24316 November last.
2.
From the first of
those enclosures
you
will
observe that Mr. Whitehead,
the manager of the Charter ed Bank of India, Australia
and China, de
deprecates the
locking-up of cash funds
and call-money
Treasury
ea
in the
vaults where it
can earn no
interest. You
will also observe from
Nie
Colonial Treasurer's reports
that