No. 111

In the Autumn of 1862, a Constable travelling with Mr
O'Reilly, the Gold Commissioner of the Cariboo District was
robbed of a sum of Public Money amounting to five hundred and
eighty six pounds 5s/10d (£586.5.10).
Since that date Mr O'Reilly has
been held responsible for the amount and it still appears as
a balance against his Collectorate in the Books of the Treasury.

2. Mr O'Reilly has recently applied to me to know if the
Secretary of State has relieved him of his liability in this
matter but I cannot find that the subject has ever been brought
before the Colonial Office although in a Minute attached to the
original correspondence Sir James Douglas desires that Mr O'Reilly
may be informed that the matter will be referred for the favorable
consideration of the Secretary of State.

3. I forward herewith copies of the whole correspondence which
will fully explain the facts of the case and I beg to recommend
that authority may be given to enable the Treasury to pass the
amount in Mr O'Reilly's collectorate account.