No. 19, Miscellaneous
19 February 1861
I have the honor to acquaint Your Grace that I have drawn on Her Majesty's Paymaster General for the sum of Eight Hundred and Sixty Six Pounds and Five Shillings (£866.5.0), being the amount of SalarydueManuscript image due to me as Governor from the 1st of July to the 31st of December 1860, at £1800 per annum, Income Tax deducted; and I have to request Your Grace will be pleased to obtain the necessary authority from the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury for the Bill presented on this account to be paid when it becomes due.
I have the honor to be
My Lord Duke,
Your Grace's most obedient
and humble Servant,
James Douglas
Minutes by CO staff
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T-y recommending payt.
ABd 14/5
Draft.
TFE 14/5
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Draft, Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 18 May 1861, forwarding copy of the despatch and requesting that the bill be accepted and paid.