CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 162

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suppose that he could pay b. mensem, does not suffice to unaided per engages his passage to England

There being no fund out of which I could sanction a donation for passage money, those the only course apparently open to me was to start a subscription list, feeling that out of respect for Mr. Quin's many friends, would join me in raising it.

It is with much satisfaction that I am now enabled to inform Your Grace that the full sum required for Mr. Quin's passage has been subscribed. Mr. Quin, therefore, can proceed to England, but as the half salary of his post, £423-4 per annum, will not suffice to carry on a locum tenens able to perform Mr. Quin's duties satisfactorily, I have directed, subject to the approval of Your Grace, an addition of £50 to be paid to Mr. L.J. Gutierrez, a gentleman I have selected for the vacant post.

In reporting this matter, I would take the opportunity of pointing out that Mr. Quin's case is an example of what must frequently occur among the subordinate English Officers of this Government. Being indifferently lodged and with fewer comforts than...