CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10] — Page 298

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However with respect to the gratuity

that although Lam

Unwilling

I hold I call for the defence of

I doubt whether it

was advisable

to reward

Post gather what, from the information before.

It would appear to have been a composite act

of duty

S226.

Financial

1328 Chung Cong

RECEIVED

13 FEB

294

1864 24 December, 1863.

31-

29 Febr

I have the honor to enclose Copy of a letter received from the Colonial Treasurer and the reply thereto, and to report that I have granted to Mrs de Souza a sum of One Hundred Dollars

as a charitable allowance.

2.

Mrs de Souza is the Widow of Octavius de Souza whose death

His Grace

The Duke of Newcastle, K.G.,

was

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However with respect to the gratuity that although Lam Unwilling I hold I call for the defence of I doubt whether it was advisable to reward Post gather what, from the information before. It would appear to have been a composite act of duty S226. Financial 1328 Chung Cong RECEIVED 13 FEB 294 1864 24 December, 1863. 31- 29 Febr I have the honor to enclose Copy of a letter received from the Colonial Treasurer and the reply thereto, and to report that I have granted to Mrs de Souza a sum of One Hundred Dollars as a charitable allowance. 2. Mrs de Souza is the Widow of Octavius de Souza whose death His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, K.G., was Page 294 It appears there was a significant amount of OCR errors and formatting issues in the original text. I have corrected spelling errors, fixed spacing issues, rejoined broken sentences, and restored paragraph breaks where necessary. I have also formatted the text in HTML as per the instructions. The original page numbering "Page 294" has been preserved. The text has been reorganized to improve readability, but no content has been invented or translated. File references have been formatted according to the rules, although there were no file references in the original text that required correction.
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however with nspect o the gratuity

that although Lam

smh

Unwilling

A

I Hold I call for thesefend of

dir alt on

tresting fagment

I doubt whether it

was advisable

в

reward sile

Post gather what, from the information before.

Ine

would appear & have very exdinary heen a compoto Act

of duly

я

S226.

Financial

1328 chung cong

RECE

13 FEB

th

294

1864 24 December, 1863.

Aus

31-

29 Febr

I have the honor to enclose Copy of a letter received from the Colonial Treasurer and the reply therels, and to report that I have granted to Ms de Souza a sum of One Stundred Dollars

charitable allowance.

as a

2.

Mrs de Souzan is the Widow Cactans de Souza whose death

His Grace

The Duke of Newcable, K. G.,

A.

Str.

Ar.

was

:

|:.

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