Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Seymour, Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 28 April 1866, CO 60:26, no. 4081, 378.
Abstract
Seymour, Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 28 April 1866, CO 60:26, no. 4081, 378.
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (3).
Seymour to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
London
28th of April 1866
Sir,
The British Columbian Ordinance, No 24 of the 11th
of April 1865 grants an addition of one thousand a year to the
salary of the Governor of the Colony. The operation of the
Act to commence from the date of the passing thereof, but no payment
to be made under it until Her Majesty's confirmation shall have
been duly proclaimed.
I
I beg leave to enclose a local newspaper shewing that
such proclamation took place on the 6th of January 1866. It
occurs to me that the amount due to me on account of the increased
salary from the date of the passing of the Act until I ceased to draw
my pay from the local Treasury on my departure from the Colony (31st
of August 1865) might perhaps be with convenience paid into
my bankers' hands in New Westminster. The
Agents General for
Crown Colonies might perhaps be instructed by you to give
me the increased rate from the time when I first drew salary
from them, namely the first of September 1865.
Agents General for
Crown Colonies might perhaps be instructed by you to give
me the increased rate from the time when I first drew salary
from them, namely the first of September 1865.
T.F. Elliot Esqre
&c &c &c
&c &c &c
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
I think that the enclosed announcement in the Colony of the Queens sanction of the Ordce increasing the Salary of the Governor of B.C. is sufficient to authorize payment of the Governor's Salary at the increased rate. I am aware of no objection to Mr Seymour's salary, up to the time of his departure from the Colony, being paid to his Bankers in N.Wr if he chooses so to instruct his local Agents, and there is certainly no objection to the Crown Agents paying him here that amount of increased salary, at the rate of £500 per ann, which is due to him.
I think that the enclosed announcement in the Colony of the Queens sanction of the Ordce increasing the Salary of the Governor of B.C. is sufficient to authorize payment of the Governor's Salary at the increased rate. I am aware of no objection to Mr Seymour's salary, up to the time of his departure from the Colony, being paid to his Bankers in N.Wr if he chooses so to instruct his local Agents, and there is certainly no objection to the Crown Agents paying him here that amount of increased salary, at the rate of £500 per ann, which is due to him.
ABd
30 April
I annex drafts to the Acting Governor, the Agents and
Mr Seymour.
TFE
1 May
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Newspaper clipping,
The British Columbian, 10 January 1866, reporting royal sanction
of "An Ordinance respecting the Salary of the Office of Governor."
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Crown Agents, 4 May 1866, authorizing them to
issue Seymour's half salary at the increased rate.
