CO129-217 - Governor Sir Bowen Administrator Marsh - 1884 [7-10] — Page 297

2.

" laketet laminable. Bowen":"

The object of this telegram is

to request Your Lordship to instruct the

Crown Agents to stop selling securities,

and to draw on this Colony for five £5,000.

thousand pounds a me

months. The reasons

a month for

th for four

o for making.

remittances to the Crown Ageut at the

present time are frelly explained in the report of the Colonial Treasurer, a copy of

which is herewith enclosed.

I have the honour to be, My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,

S.Bowen

Enclosure.

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Enclosure.

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Report by the Colonial Treasurer - -

In Lord Derby's Despatch N...

53 of February 20th His Lordship, whilst approving

the principle that

we should for some time suspend Remittances to the Crown Ageut, says: -

"I have to request you

to watch

"the inflowing Revenue, and if you

wore

money coming

"find " is anticipated

x

in than

telegraph to stop the selling out of securities in " this country and begin remitting "again"." Lord Derby further explains

that he wishes our balances invested

here to be either exhausted or reviitted

before the end of the year.

The state

of things auticipated. by His Lordship has to some actent

come about. He now draw on

the

Crown