With reference to your letter of the
18 inst authorizing the
issue of half Salary at £75 per annum from the
10 May to the
30 June ultimo to
M G. Williams of
British Columbia, I have
to state that the
Crown Agents were instructed by the local
Government, by a letter dated
13 May last, to pay
M
Williams for 6 months to the
10 November next at the rate of
£8.4.11 1/2 per month, and that they have already paid him two
months to the
10 instant.
Q ought they to have paid it without the Sec of States authority?