CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2] — Page 449

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were

- purchased guest as they

to be wanted, between May

but the greater portion

were discovered

and November,

e quirchased

zin Polober, immediately previous to His Royal Highness arrival.

6.

It would consequently appear

to be fair that Your Excellency should,

Thornday

according to the Instruction of the Sboratory of Site, pay interest at 6,

$3,491 from 11.

and on

cent on

6 fier May till 14 November

$5.937,66 the total expenditure.

be said to

from 12t Aovember, as the furniture . from England could only be available from the latter date.

7 England for feathers about 6 weeks

A small order was sent to

ago and estimating that item to cart

£25, the whole amount avould be

£1,262 in pound numbers; othe

expended is thus L. 230 below

by

Lurd

the limit prescribed Granvilles despatch 127 of 27th-

August 1869.

دی

A portion of that & 230 might be well expended in providing some Mitchen and table furniture,

so that a mew

Governor his arrival

On

here might have the mncan's

of at

least obtaining his dinner, and

in the

thus feel himself perfelly independent of the hospitality of parties Rodony. This point was adverted to

of Your Excellency's despatches, although for the prevent ma difficulty

and al

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