No. 15

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 131
of the 12th December on the subject of Mr. Hankin's claim to half Salary
from the date of his embarkation to British Columbia.

Under the circumstances of Mr. Young's appointment it appears to me
that he was entitled to expect that he would continue to receive full
pay as Colonial Secretary until you had been given notice that another
arrangement was to be made, that is to say in the present instance until
the 21st November. From that date until Mr. Hankin's arrival he his
only entitled to receive half Salary, and Mr. Hankin should receive the
other half.

Mr. Hankin is of course entitled to receive full pay as Colonial
Secretary from the date of his arrival in the Colony.