Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 22 September 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 248.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Newcastle transmits
a copy of the Colonial Estimates,as voted on
by Parliament,which includes
a vote for British Columbia.
No. 23
Downing Street,
22 September 1859
Sir,
I transmit to you herewith a copy of the Colonial Estimates which
have been voted by Parliament for the year ending 31st March 1860,
containing at page 4, a vote for British Columbia.
It is necessarythat
that I should point out to you that a large portion
of this vote is intended to provide for expenditure incurred in this
Country in connection with the Royal Engineer party, and that the amount
of the Estimate represents the whole sum which the House of Commons has
placed at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government on account of British
Columbia, since the formation of the Colony.
that I should point out to you that a large portion
of this vote is intended to provide for expenditure incurred in this
Country in connection with the Royal Engineer party, and that the amount
of the Estimate represents the whole sum which the House of Commons has
placed at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government on account of British
Columbia, since the formation of the Colony.