I am to inform you that Ill. Crisp's petition
was received and
Considered by Mr. Chamberlain who decided that his request could not be
granted,
since he was
under a special contract
and not on
the permanent
establishment of the
Colony. Thereupon he was paid off by the terms of this contract which, as he
was aware, did not
provide a passage for his wife and child.
3.
In reply to your question
as to the
termination of all engagement, I am
to say that Mr. Crisp's engagement
was terminated under
clause 6 of his agreement,
not by the Colonial Regulations
but by the clause
which
gave power to the
Government to determine his engagement at any
time,
on the conditions
stated in that clause. One
of which was
the provision of a return second-class passage for himself, and not for his wife and
child.
4. Mr. Chamberlain is satisfied that
Mr. Crisp has been treated with full justice; and he cannot admit the claim
put forward in your letter under reply I
am directed.