No. 21

I have the honor to transmit the copy of a letter from Mr B.W.
Pearse, Acting Surveyor General of this Colony applying for
confirmation in that office.

I have explained to Mr Pearse that it was in my opinion improbable
that you would under any circumstances appoint to an office for which
the Legislative Assembly had refused to vote a salary.

In the absence of any information on the subject of union of these
Colonies I am unable at present to offer any recommendation which
might embarrass the future settlement or redistribution of offices.