CO129-370 - Governor Sir Lugard & Public Offices - 1910 [12] — Page 223

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Goberament House

23rd. December, 1910.

With reference to Lord Crewe's

40-27012/10

Despatch (Parliamentary Grant) of the 19th. of last October

I have the honour to enquire whether the Lords Commission-

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-ers of His Majesty' Treasury have acceded to your pre-

"decessor'

request that a grant of £12,000 per annum

should be made to this Government for the next two years.

2.

I may add that I have now seen

Sir G. H. Murray's letter No. 9693/10 of the 28th. of leat

July and that my phrase, as rightly interpreted by Lord

Crewe, did not mean that I considered the grant of £9,000

liberal but merely expressed a pious hope that the Colony

might so regard it.

3.

The Legislative Council will meet

before long and as I anticipate questions on this subject,

R RIGHT HONDURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

80.

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