Colonial Despatches
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Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 20 October 1865, NAC :, 364.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 20 October 1865, NAC :, 364.
Despatch from London.
No. 84
20 October 1865
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 31st of
May No. 71 transmitting copies of "an Ordinance respecting the salary of
the Office of Governor."
The prominent position occupied by the Governor of a Colony in
which Gold is the chief staple, and the heavy expenses to which he is in
consequence exposed justify me I think to sanction the increase of £1000
per annum whichis
is proposed to be made to your salary by this Ordinance,
to which therefore I have obtained Her Majesty's sanction. At the same
time I must point out to you that in passing this Ordinance without my
previous permission you have infringed the Royal Instructions. It is
declared in the XVI section that the Governor is not, without
permission, to assent to any Ordinance "whereby any grant of land or
money or any other donation or gratuity is to be made to himself."
Though, strictly speaking, "salary" is not a "donation" yet the meaning
and spirit of the clause is so clear that the injunction in the Royal
Instructions ought not to have been overlooked.
is proposed to be made to your salary by this Ordinance,
to which therefore I have obtained Her Majesty's sanction. At the same
time I must point out to you that in passing this Ordinance without my
previous permission you have infringed the Royal Instructions. It is
declared in the XVI section that the Governor is not, without
permission, to assent to any Ordinance "whereby any grant of land or
money or any other donation or gratuity is to be made to himself."
Though, strictly speaking, "salary" is not a "donation" yet the meaning
and spirit of the clause is so clear that the injunction in the Royal
Instructions ought not to have been overlooked.