Year be the Colony, will be causing interest to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank after verifying four $ I owe our 3 or on. to Assimiler state of things affairs which have been the case for the last a year d A more
5. I do not know at what rate the Govt pays interest. Owing to this draft, and I shall be glad if you will inform me if you may add that in my opinion Payment although I presume it is rather more than could be justified by the profit resulting from Loans to the desirability of the Colony account showing a large surplus.
6. In paragraph 12 of your despatch, in which you deal with the question of items 21, 22 and 23 on the list of Public Works Extraordinary, you appear to have overlooked the minute on your No. 422 of 19 Dec. last which was that the commencement of works was not authorised without first obtaining my sanction, as required by Colonial Regulations Nos. 344 to 348.
2. In my telegram of the 21st February I informed...