CO129-091 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [1-3] — Page 110

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Payments to Seamen

These

payments

were made to

on account of the defalcations four Seamen whose monies had been

of the late W. Ho Newman entrusted to the late W. H. Newman

H.

Acting Harbor Master

£50.15.

in his official capacity as Acting He arbor Master. They

in the sum of £ 113.5 according to the Acting Aseditor

are included

which

was,

General's report of 29th April 1861, lost to the Colonial Government

through Mer Newman's defalcations..

Avas

forwarded to the

This report Secretary of State in

State in Liv Hercules

Robinson's despatch No 75 of 29th April 1861.

Personal Grant to

The expenditure under Report

His Excellency the Governor and Estimate Me 18 of 1859 towards furnishing

the

on

the

furniture of the private apartments private apartments of the of Government House amounted to

£274.79. The Secretary of State

Government Hoonae.

£950

This

payment-

together with a further

payment of £17.19.5.

was made under an

authority (as it would

appem) for a total expenditur of £ 274.19.5 including the grant of £ 2.50.

(Despatches)

decided that this expenditure ought

not to be charged to the Public and

consequently Sis Hercules Robinson frefunded the same to the local Treasury in October 1860 drawing at- the same

time there from

£9.50 which had been

a sum of

granted

anted to him

as a special allowance to assist him the pinchose of furniture:- During the

year

1860

a.

good

deal of the furniture in the

public rooms of Government-

Gray

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