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took so readily to a reduction of his previous pay by 500%. a year, for I told him he could only be allowed to draw 1,000l. and that only pending further consideration.
The matter is now explained by your letter, which I received by the mail after that which brought back Captain Speedy here.
C. Cox, Esq.,
Colonial Office.
SIR,
Yours, &c.
(Signed)
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
No. 49.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
Downing Street, January 22, 1877. WITH reference to your letter of November 15th, stating that Lieut. Swinburne might hold a civil appointment in the Straits Settlements as long as any portion of his regiment remained in the Malay Peninsula, I am directed by the Earl of Carnarvon to transmit to you for the consideration of the Secretary of State for War a copy of a telegram received on the 12th instant † from the Governor, stating that the second half of the regiment may quit the Colony in two months, and offering to charter the necessary transport.
Mr. Hardy is aware that the Governor is making every endeavour to effect the withdrawal of the extra force of troops at as early a date as possible by the substitution of an adequate police force.
Lord Carnarvon would therefore recommend the Governor's request in regard to Lieut. Swinburne to Mr. Hardy's favourable consideration.
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
R. H. MEADE,
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2. Lord Carnarvon is desirous that the statements which he understands are being prepared at the War Office should be completed as soon as may conveniently be managed, as until there is more accurate information before him as to the gross cost of the expedition and operations, there will not, in the opinion of his Lordship, be any advantage in considering the principle on the basis of which the costs may most fairly be distributed.
3. There is not in this Department the knowledge necessary for a due examination of the accounts now forwarded from the India Office either as to the reasonableness of the charges, or as to the consumption of the stores, repayment for which is demanded by the Government of India, and I am to request to be informed whether such examination cannot be made in the War Department, or whether it will be necessary to transmit the papers to the Colony.
4. Lord Carnarvon would be obliged if Mr. Hardy would give directions for their examination by officers of his Department, as his Lordship believes that the administrative arrangements of the expedition were conducted rather by ¡Imperial than Colonial
officers.
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office.
SIB,
(Signed)
No. 52.
I am, &c.
ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
War Office, January 25, 1877. WITH reference to your letter of the 22nd instant, enclosing a copy of a telegram dated 12th instant, from Sir W. Jervois, regarding the removal of the 80th Regiment from the Straits Settlements, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to request that you will inform me whether, in the event of the remaining five companies of that regiment being sent to the Cape, the state of affairs in South Africa would admit of the Regiment being sent home.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
32nd
I am, &c.
(Signed)
CADOGAN,
No. 50.
CARNARVON.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(Telegraphic.)
Note from Mr. Meade, of 22nd December,† received.
January 25.
I concur that it will be much better that all should be deported, if Seychelles islands selected for the purpose, and then there will be no need for any separation.
It is extremely desirable that the matter should be promptly settled, and I should wish decision notified by telegraph.
I can make the arrangements for transportation. The execution of Lela and the other two convicts took place on the 20th.
No. 53.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIB,
War Office, January 29, 1877. In reply to your letter of the 22nd instant,t I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acquaint you, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, that under the circumstances of the case Lieutenant Swinburne, 80th Foot, will be allowed to remain in the Straits Settlements after the departure thence of his regiment.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am, &c. (Signed)
CADOGAN.
No. 54.
SIE,
No. 51.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
Downing Street, January 25, 1877.
In reply to your letter of the 10th instant,§ enclosing a letter from the Treasury with some accounts received from the India Office relative to the expenditure incurred in Bengal during December 1875 in connexion with the Perak Expedition, I am directed by the Earl of Carnarvon to state that his Lordship is not at present in any better position than he was at the date of my letter of the 18th of November] to propose any settlement of the accounts.
• No. 8.
↑ No. 48.
† Not printed.
No. 48.
| No. 6.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE,
Colonial Office, February 2, 1877. I HAVE laid before the Earl of Carnarvon your letter of the 25th ulto., respecting the arrangements consequent on the removal of the 80th Regiment from the Straits Settlements; and in answer to the question contained in it, I am directed by his Lordship to express his opinion that on the arrival of the five companies of the 80th Regiment at the Cape, a wing of the 32nd Regiment could be spared from that Colony, but that he considers it desirable that the head-quarter wing of the 32nd Regiment should, if possible, remain at the Cape for the present,
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office.
am, &c.
(Signed)
ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.
• No. 49.
† No. 49.
* No. 59.
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