"conveyed shortly, and which involves a considerable expenditure, application for the recovery of the cost may be made directly to the Colonial Government concerned."
In these circumstances Lord Lansdowne proposes, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to authorize Mr. Bennett to charge the sterling equivalent of Fifty-six dollars seventy-six cents in his next quarterly account, and to make a claim for repayment on your Department in due course.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Charles Hardung