Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 5 May 1860, CO 60:7, no. 6339, 227.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
No. 45, Military
The acting Colonial Commissary having made requisition
on me as by letter herewith enclosed, for the sum of Fifteen
Hundred Pounds (£1500), being the necessary outlay in the Military
branch of that department for the 2nd quarter of the
present year, I have the honour
to
to acquaint your Grace that
not having funds in the Colonial Chest to meet this demand,
I have instructed the Treasurer to procure the above named
sum by Bills on Her Majesty's Paymaster General, and I trust
your Grace will be pleased to obtain the necessary authority
from the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury, for the Bills
presented on this account to be paid, when they become
due
due.
to acquaint your Grace that
not having funds in the Colonial Chest to meet this demand,
I have instructed the Treasurer to procure the above named
sum by Bills on Her Majesty's Paymaster General, and I trust
your Grace will be pleased to obtain the necessary authority
from the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury, for the Bills
presented on this account to be paid, when they become
due
due.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
W.D. Gosset, Colonial Commissariat, to
W.A.G. Young, Acting Colonial Secretary, 3 May
1860, requesting further funds for the outlay of the Royal Engineers.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Rogers to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 6 July 1860, forwarding
copy of the despatch and recommending the bills be accepted and paid.