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of the Superintendent of Trade, And to the Consular Establishments at the Chinese Forks,

were

fully

contemplated when the Establishment of the Treasurer's Department

fixed, and My Lords do

was

not conceive that the exaggerated

anticipation of probable Amount 7

Colonial Expenditure adverted to in the Treasurer's letter of

reasonable

10% fant, afforded any pretexts for the appointment

additional clerk in his

4 Office.

Your will also fwither observe to Lord Stanley that the only ground for the appointment. reported by Governor Davis

would seem to be the

arrangement

Fo

to which the Treasurer refers,

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in regard to the collection = and receipt in detail at the

Treasury of the local Revenues; duty may.

and that as

possibly have rendered the

assistance of

the additional

are

Block necessary. My Lords not prepared either to approve disapprove of the employment Mr Nicol until they have further information on

shall

the subject before them, but

that

My

Lords

Governor may

to

request the

be called

report shecifically, and

delay

without

in detail are

what collections

by M

made by

Treasurer's Department, and

that he

may

be apprized that