Hamilton to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 23rd Instant I am directed
by the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you
for the information of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos that My
Lords have considered the circumstances connected with the departure
of Mr Franks from British Columbia as detailed in the Governor's
despatch of the 24th Feb. and are of opinion that his conduct
is deserving of grave reprobation.

As however the Office which that Gentleman held has been abolished
by the Colonial Authorities, without his having been dismissed, My
Lords will not withhold their consent to the proposition made by the
Governor that a Gratuity of three months Salary, and One hundred and
twenty two Pounds (£122) for his passage home, should be allotted to
him.