Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 February 1865, CO 60:21, no. 4581, 41.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Seymour forwards copies of an ordinance granting a
Supplementary Supply of £60,076.8.9, out of the General Revenue of the Colony of British Columbia, and its Dependencies, to the service of the year 1864.Rogers’ minute notes that, because
the Legislature of B.C. is virtually in fact representative,the responsibility of the Home Government
is not what it is in an ordinary Crown Colony.
No. 7
2nd February 1865
Sir,
I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two
plain Copies of an Ordinance of the late Session of the
Legislative Council of this Colony, entitled;
No. 18. An Ordinance granting a Supplemental Supplyof
of Sixty thousand and seventy six pounds, eight shillings, and eight
pence (£60,076.8.9), out of the General Revenue of the Colony of British
Columbia, and its Dependencies, to the service of the year 1864.
of Sixty thousand and seventy six pounds, eight shillings, and eight
pence (£60,076.8.9), out of the General Revenue of the Colony of British
Columbia, and its Dependencies, to the service of the year 1864.
2. I add an explanation of its provisions furnished by
the Acting Auditor.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
The Ordinance to Sir F. Rogers who will probably refer it to the Treasury. If so we should send to that Office the correspondence (10952) between Mr Seymour & Mr Cardwell in respect to the 1/2 salary of the former together with such other information as we possess on the other items of expense mentioned in the Schedule.
The Ordinance to Sir F. Rogers who will probably refer it to the Treasury. If so we should send to that Office the correspondence (10952) between Mr Seymour & Mr Cardwell in respect to the 1/2 salary of the former together with such other information as we possess on the other items of expense mentioned in the Schedule.
ABd
17 May
Sir F. Rogers
To Treasury accordingly?
To Treasury accordingly?
TFE
17/5
Yes. It is to be remembered that the Legislature of B.C. is
virtually in fact representative & is only not so in form
because there was no possibility of applying any intelligible
principle of representation to a population so curiously
compounded. The responsibility therefore of the Home Govt
for the proper conduct of the finances is not what it is in
an ordinary Crown Colony.
FR
18/5
At once.
CF
19
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Robert Ker, Acting Auditor General, to Colonial Secretary, 16
February 1865, reporting on the ordinance as per despatch, heavily
minuted by colonial office staff.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 6 June 1865, forwarding copy
of the despatch and enclosures for consideration, with additional
observations thereon.