CO129-175 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [9-12] — Page 59

57

was going

on between subordinate

Officers of the Military and Colonial

Departments

as resulting from

this interview (3.0.274);

the General sent a memo to the Government through the Assistant Military Secretary in which he requested the Governor to direct that correspondence on Military Matters should be transmitted

through the Assistant Military Secretary and not directly to the Departmental officers who might be supposed to be concerned.

Upon this memo the Colonial Secretary recorded that the system of direct communication between

the Colonial and Military financial

departments had been in

force

Ever

since he became connected with the

Colony, and that such claims as for the Military Contribution, expenses on purchase of Stores, &c., had invariably been sent direct by the Control Department to the Colonial

Department concerned, that it was however quite immaterial to the Audit Office and Treasury officers whether the claims against the Colony

reached there through the Control Department

or the Assistant Military Secretary. Accordingly the General

was

informed in letter W. 48 that

the course he wished

pursued would be ...

57 was going on between subordinate Officers of the Military and Colonial Departments as resulting from this interview (3.0.274); the General sent a memo to the Government through the Assistant Military Secretary in which he requested the Governor to direct that correspondence on Military Matters should be transmitted through the Assistant Military Secretary and not directly to the Departmental officers who might be supposed to be concerned.

Upon this memo the Colonial Secretary recorded that the system of direct communication between the Colonial and Military financial departments had been in force ever since he became connected with the Colony, and that such claims as for the Military Contribution, expenses on purchase of Crosby Stores, &c., had invariably been sent direct by the Control Department to the Colonial Department concerned. That it was however quite immaterial to the Audit Office and Treasury officers whether the claims against the Colony reached there through the Control Department or the Assistant Military Secretary.

Accordingly the General was informed in letter W. 48 that the course he wished pursued would be ...