Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 19 March 1861, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 429.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Newcastle informs Douglas that officers of the Royal Engineers,
while absent from their fixed residence upon duties connected with their Civil Services,should be granted the same per diem as equivalent colonial officials in British Columbia, but they should not be compensated for any travelling expenses related to their servants.
No. 71
19 March 1861
I have the honor to acknowledge your Despatch No. 12 of the 7th
of January on the subject of the amounts of travelling allowance to be
granted to Colonel Moody and to the Officers of Royal Engineers while
absent from their fixed residence upon duties connected with their Civil
Services.
I have to instructyou
you that Colonel Moody should have the same
allowance as Principal Civil Servants in the Colony vizt: £1 per night,
and that the subordinate Officers should have the allowances of Civil
Servants in analogous portions viz. 15/ per night.
you that Colonel Moody should have the same
allowance as Principal Civil Servants in the Colony vizt: £1 per night,
and that the subordinate Officers should have the allowances of Civil
Servants in analogous portions viz. 15/ per night.
With respect to the question contained in your Despatch as to which
Officers are entitled to charge the cost of the travelling expenses of
their Servants, I have to statethat
that no allowance for Servants is granted in this Country to Officers travelling
on the Public Service,
and that none ought to be granted in British Columbia.
that no allowance for Servants is granted in this Country to Officers travelling
on the Public Service,
and that none ought to be granted in British Columbia.