Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hawes, Benjamin to Fortescue, Chichester 18 January 1860, CO 60:9, no. 603, 257.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2).
Hawes informs the Colonial Office that the War Office
will not compensate the Royal Engineers in British Columbia for personal property lost when
Briseis burned and sank.
Hawes to Under-Secretary of State
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 5th instant, transmitting for the consideration of
Mr Secretary Herbert the Copy of a despatch from the
Governor of British Columbia forwarding an application from
the Royal Engineer Officers in that Colony for payment of
the cost of certain property lost in the Transport "Briseis,"
and requesting to be informed whether there is any
general
general
rule in force regulating the payment to Military Officers of
compensation for personal property lost on board Government Transports.
general
rule in force regulating the payment to Military Officers of
compensation for personal property lost on board Government Transports.
In reply I am to acquaint you, for the information of
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle that, under the provisions of
the War Office Regulations of 1848, compensation is only
granted for the actual loss of the Military equipment of an
Officer, and that in no case is a claim for the loss of
personal private property recognised.
I am to add that by Article 10, page 90 of
the
the said
Regulations, an Officer is required to insure his baggage
or articles of equipment when sent in a ship in which he is
not himself a passenger.
the said
Regulations, an Officer is required to insure his baggage
or articles of equipment when sent in a ship in which he is
not himself a passenger.
Minutes by CO staff
Annex dt.
HM
Jan 19