Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 7 September 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 237.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Newcastle requests a statement of amounts for
the Regimental Pay of the Royal Engineers in British Columbia.
No. 20
Downing Street,
7 September 1859
Sir,
As the Regimental Pay of the Royal Engineers in British Columbia
will be borne on the Army Estimates of this Country, I have to request
that you will furnish me with a statement of the amount, if any,for
for
this service that has been included in your Drafts on Her Majesty's
Paymaster General for the Military Expenses of the Colony. I have also
to request that you will continue in future to distinguish the sums
drawn on this account.
for
this service that has been included in your Drafts on Her Majesty's
Paymaster General for the Military Expenses of the Colony. I have also
to request that you will continue in future to distinguish the sums
drawn on this account.