Gallien answers Lefevere's three letters of July 28, October 6 and November 30. He could not answer them till now. He desires that Lefevere grasp well that the allocations voted by the Council to the month of May are not actually on hand and able to be released on the spot. The allocation is the part which should be given each mission on the future receipts of the present year and only as the receipts come in: what the treasurers of the two Councils can supply the allocations, what they are obliged to do by parts. Consequently it is not till the end of the fiscal year 1840 for example, that is in February 1843, that they can pay the allocations voted and announced in 1842. Gallien urges that in Lefevere's notification to the bishops the latter be ever reminded that they will be apprized subsequently of the time they should draw on us for all or part of their allocation. Gallien regrets not having succeeded in making this understood in a way suitable to certain persons. There are bad interpretations and complaints of that now and then. To an error of this nature must be attributed a letter published under Lefevere's name in a Bruges newspaper. Unjust and false in principle, it will have troublesome effects. Gallien wishes to inform Lefevere of the dates when the Council will be able to touch its allotments. The allocation of 1842 is 53,000 francs. 320 francs has been remitted to Father Ghislain Boheme, a Belgian missionary of the Detroit diocese and returning thither. Part of this sum will pay the expenses of his voyage. The remainder is 52,880 francs. Lefevere can get this sum in two drafts of 15,000 francs each, one payable thirty days from sight and the second sixty days from sight, and in a third draft of 22,880 payable ninety days from sight. Lefevere can count on these times and take measures accordingly. Following this course the Council need not fear the embarrasments it seems to have suffered, but will pursue its enterprises in security. Note at end: "Answered March 7th 1843". :: III-2-h L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.