Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Godley, John Robert to Merivale, Herman 14 December 1859, CO 60:6, no. 12302, 324.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (3).
Godley forwards bills to be paid for
Stores &c supplied for Service of the Royal Engineers British Columbia.Irving minutes that
These are the stores that were lost in theBriseisburnt at sea.
Godley to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
I am directed by Mr Secretary Herbert to transmit
herewith, a Statement of Stores &c supplied for Service of
the Royal Engineers British Columbia, amounting to £1136.16.11
and I am further to request that you will cause the above sum
to be transferred in the Books of the Paymaster General to the
Credit of this Department.
Minutes by CO staff
Request the Treasury to transfer the amount to the
credit of the War Department, from the Parliamentary Vote
for B. Columbia, and inform the War Department that this is done?
HT Irving
15 Dec
Annex dt.
HM
D 15
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Merivale to Under-Secretary, War Office, 28
December 1859, advising that the Treasury had been requested
to credit army services with £1136.16.11 for replaced stores.
Draft, Merivale to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 30 December 1859,
forwarding account and requesting the requisite sum be credited
to army services and charged to the vote for British Columbia.
Draft, Elliot to Under-Secretary, War Office, 5 April
1860, advising that the paymaster general had been
authorized to pay the sum to the account of army services.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Statement of stores supplied by the War Department
for service of the Royal Engineers in British Columbia, 20 May 1859.