Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, James 2 September 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 97.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
No. 11
Downing Street,
2 September 1858
Sir,
I have to acquaint you that I have appointed Mr Chartres
Brew Chief Inspector of Police in British Columbia with a salary of five
hundred pounds (£500) a year.
Mr Brew will receive the sum of One hundred and fifty pounds
(£150) to
defray the expense of his passage to the
Colony and also an advance of
salary to the extent of One hundred and fifty pounds (£150).
Colony and also an advance of
salary to the extent of One hundred and fifty pounds (£150).
According to the Colonial Regulations
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Mr Brew will be entitled to half salary from the date of embarkation,
and to whole salary from that of his arrival in the Colony.
Footnotes
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Regulation 89:
On appointments to Offices half salary will be allowed, as a general rule, from the date of embarkation, and full salary from the date of arrival in the Colony,
Rules and Regulations for Her Majesty's Colonial Service (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, rev. ed., 1956), p. 27.