No. 76, Financial

I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's Despatch
No 56, of the 2nd October last, instructing me, in
pursuance of the decision of Her Majesty's Government, to
remit the sum of £10,704.10.7, or to authorize the Agents
General to pay it over to Her Majesty's Treasury, in repayment
of certain advances in excess of Parliamentary Grants.

2. The balance of the £50,000 Loan in the hands of the
Agents General has already been reduced to the lowest limit,
and I am therefore at present precluded from the course
suggested in respect to repayment from that source. The
Balance in the Colonial Treasury is not more than one fifth
of the required sum, and consequently I cannot fall back
upon it to arrange a remittance; but I hasten to assure Your
Grace that I will take the earliest measures possible to
effect the repayment, of which I trust to advise you by
the next Mail, or the one following.