| Show governmental ECONOMY thrifty traditions of the british gobern nicut curiously revealed A paragraph in the life of gen sir hope grant who did great service for england is a military commander in india and in china throws a curious side liht upon some of the thrifty traditions of the british government after gen grants return from cilina to england he received at the hand of the queen at buckingham palace the grand cross of the bath lie was proud of the decoration but his biographer adds that such honors are not without expense to the receiver lie finds among sir hopes papers a bill couched vouched for by albert woods lancaster herald to the amount of eighty four pounds four shillings for fees charges and disbursements for alie matriculation of your arms etc as G C B odder still was a document from the same lbert albert A woods lancaster ald calling upon sir hope grant to send back the insignia of his former lower order K C B knight commander of the bath for the use of her maje governments it is a good old rule for governments as for men take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves |
