Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Cox & Co. to Rogers, Frederic 13 August 1863, CO 60:17, no. 7833, 424.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (1), Other documents (2).
Cox & Co. to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Craigscourt, S.W.
13th August 1863
Sir,
With reference to Mr Elliot's letter of the 20 June
last and ours of the 3rd ultimo, we beg to state that we
are still unable to obtain payment from the Paymaster General
of the Treasury Warrant for Colonel Moody's salary, as Chief
Commissioner in British Columbia, owing to the absence of
your department's certificate, for which we applied in the
above mentioned and two previous letters.
We enclose another Certificate of Colonel Moody's existence,
dated 1st July, and beg that the authority may be given
for the issue of that Officer's salary, June quarter, and that
the required certificate may be furnished to ourselves.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
The former letters from Cox & Co I believe are with you. The Certificate which they ask for I understood from the Treasury to be unnecessary as the Paymaster General had been authorized to pay Col. Moody's salary for the March quarter to them. With this
explanation of the delay forward to them the certificate—and
also one for the June quarter—and request the Treasury to
authorize the Paymaster General to issue Col: Moody's salary
for that quarter. We might take this opportunity of asking
the Treasury how it is that when the Paymaster Genl has been
authorized to issue the Salary he still requires a certificate
from this office.
The former letters from Cox & Co I believe are with you. The Certificate which they ask for I understood from the Treasury to be unnecessary as the Paymaster General had been authorized to pay Col. Moody's salary for the March quarter to them. With this
explanation of the delay forward to them the certificate—and
also one for the June quarter—and request the Treasury to
authorize the Paymaster General to issue Col: Moody's salary
for that quarter. We might take this opportunity of asking
the Treasury how it is that when the Paymaster Genl has been
authorized to issue the Salary he still requires a certificate
from this office.
EBP
14-8-/63
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 24 August 1863, complaining
of the difficulties encountered by Cox & Co. in collecting
Moody's salary, and proposing a simplification of the procedure.
