Ordinance No. 17 of 1898 has been allowed, and Her Majesty's approval of that Ordinance conveyed by Chamberlain, gave authority for partially meeting excesses under certain sub-heads out of savings under other sub-heads of the same vote.
I am to express the Chamberlain's regret that, owing to an oversight, you were not so informed when the supplementary Estimates for 1895 were forwarded to you in the letter from this office of the 13th October last.
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