No. 27

I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter from Mr A. Watson,
Treasurer of this Colony, applying for an increase of Salary.

2. Your Grace will observe by the correspondence named in the margin

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that Mr Watson was appointed at a Salary of £500 per annum. Your
Grace has in your despatch dated 15th June 1863 proposed to fix Mr
Watson's Salary at £600 per Annum—a sum, in my opinion, barely
sufficient to secure the services of a competent Officer, having
regard to the very high cost of living in this Colony.

3. Mr Watson appears to be an industrious and accurate Officer and
I have authorized his drawing Salary at the rate of £600 per annum
from the 1st January 1864, on the distinct understanding that it is
subject to your Graces approval.