I transmit to you herewith the copy of a letter from
Mr. S. R. Heseltine respecting a sum alleged to be due to his late son at the time of his death on account
of Salary as Inspector of Steam Machinery
to the Colonial Government, and I have to call your attention to my despatch No. 42
of the
23rd of November 1860 on the same subject, to which I have
not not as yet received an answer.