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ascertained after a considerable portion of the work was accom- 
plished that this guarantee had not been given, and he has had 
ogous to take ae copies himeelt at the selling price. Owing 
oidable circumstances, he has further had to pay a very 
piety bil for the boreection of the press, so that out of the whole 
£ £250 paid to him by the es Agents he has only 
received as his own remuneration £101 
Out of the 100 copies which he has hie taken from the pub- 
ee Mr. Baker has supplied 20 to the Crown Agents of the 
Colonies free of charge, and about 30 others have heen dis- 
tributed to official persons to whom it is onslomary to su 
copies of such works published at the instance of a Government 
establishment, as well as to various other coe who have given 
aid of saviour kinds in the preparation of the Flora. 
On view of the whole circumstances, it does not appear to 
me that a Baker’s services have received the reward which he 
expected when he undertook the preparation of the Flora, aud to 
which I am a to think he is eg entitled. 
it th 
I have therefore to submit that the Government of the 
Mauritius be ened to Swe the spllewing arrangement :— 
i, That of the remaining 50 copies in Mr. Baker’s possessio 
to ar Colon 
hat the 20 remaining copies be handed over to this 
codahiabineht for distribution to foreign and other establishments 
in correspondence with this 
iii. That a further sum of £100 be paid to Mr. Baker 
discharge of all claims, whether for the ee of the Flora 
or for the supply of copies to — ee n Agen 
30 be placed at the disposal of the Onewi Agents for ieitdinineion 
ny. 
(Sgd.) W. T "T HISELTON-DYER 
Assistant el 
Hon. R. H. Meade. 
COLONIAL OFFICE TO KEw. 
Downing Street, 
10th December, 1877. 
Baker, th 
Mauritius and the Seychelles, and th t £100, in addition to the 
previous sum of £250, has been Soter to him 
inted copies of the Governor’s Minute and of the Finance 
Committee’s Report are herewith transmitted, and 
request you to be good enough to communicate to Mr. Baker the 
substance of this letter, and to arrange that 30 copies of the book 
be forwarded to the Crown Agents for transmission to the Colony. 
am, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
d 
- (Sgd.) JOHN BRAMSTON. 
Sir J. D. Hooker, K.G.S.I., C.B, : 
