Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Grenville, Richard 1 July 1867, CO 60:28, no. 8552, 159.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
Seymour encloses a receipt showing Bowden received
a gratuity of £20 … as a settler inBritish Columbia and
a medical certificate shewing that [Bowden] is in good health and fit to become a settler.Seymour requests for the War Office to pay
(£20) to the Crown Agents to the credit of British Columbia.Elliot’s minute confirms that Cox should forward Seymour’s request to the War Office.
No. 77
Victoria
1st July 1867
My Lord Duke,
I had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 17
of the 2nd April 1867, authorizing the payment, under certain
circumstances of a gratuity of £20 to WilliamBowden
Bowden, as a settler
in this Colony.
Bowden, as a settler
in this Colony.
2. I beg to enclose Bowden's receipt for the money, and a
medical certificate shewing that he is in good health and
fit to become a settler and I have to request that the War Office
may be requested to repay the sum of twenty pounds (£20) to the
Crown Agents to the credit of British Columbia.
Minutes by CO staff
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Receipt of William Bowden for twenty pounds gratuity on account
of military service, 5 July 1867.
