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would recommend to your Lordship's consideration whether it might not be increased to $350,000, two current

accounts being opened if at different Banks.

necessary

4.

As regards Your.

Lordship's suggestion that any temporary

excess

over

$200,000, if not remitted to the Crown Agents, should

be looked

up in a chest

belonging to the Government and kept at the Bank, I

would

services

would point out that in view of the

many rendered the Government by the Bank authorities (some of

which have been enumerated

by Mr. Lister) it would be

impolitic to insist

on an

arrangement which would

certainly be

ve to offensive them, while it would

cause an addition to the

duties of the Streasury, which

would involve an increase

of

!