No. 9

With reference to your private letter enclosing the copy of one
from Mr Brew the Chief Inspector of Police dated the
11th of November
requesting that the repayment of the whole amount advanced to him in
this country and in Nova Scotia may not be insisted on I have to refer
you to my despatch No 38 of the 11th
of November instructing you to
inform Mr Brew that under the peculiar circumstances of the case Her
Majesty's Government had granted to him the sum of One hundred pounds
(£100) advanced by the Government of Nova Scotia, in order to reimburse
him for the losses he has sustained.