No. 26

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 27
of the 20th of May reporting that, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of State you authorized Mr. Watson, the Colonial Treasurer, to
draw his Salary at the rate of Six hundred pounds (£600) a year.

I regret that I am unable to sanction the increase of Mr. Watson's,
or of any other Salary without sufficient security that funds, not
merely arising from accumulated balances, but from the Revenue annually
accruing to the Crown or the Colonial Treasury will be forthcoming to
meet the charges which would be thus created.