CO129-098 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [4-5] — Page 427

2.

be good enough to move His Excelling

The Governor, to

in

issue.

a warrant

Javor,

to meet the

of April

my disbursements of the

the mouth

the estimated amount of which in consequence of my being relieved from expenses attending the above named hulk, I am enabled to

reduce from $1,800, to sixteen hundred

dollars.

Hitherts

my applications

for funds to cover the

expences of the month, have been nominally in arrear, but actually in advance of requirements; for instance, my last application for funds was nominally to cover December expenses,

$1.600.

but in reality to

reality to cover those of

410

I unuary. This leads to some confusion Алимагу but to draw in arrear is, I believe in accordance with the rules of the Treasury department. In the present instance the funds applied for are really to cover the expenses to 30th april, and therefore by following the usual

course I should be

without funds to pay

the

Current

requirements of the mouch of May. To obviate this I venture to recur to the "floating balance" suggested in the late acting Colonial Secretary's despatch Nr 942 9

No last, and to beg

you

18th

to

August

move

His

Excellency The Governor to issues