Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hunt, George Ward to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 5 December 1867, CO 60:31, no. 11978, 86.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (4), Other documents (1).
On behalf of the lords of the Treasury, Hunt discusses British Columbia’s auditor general’s report and Seymour’s despatches regarding British Columbia’s claims
for expenses incurred for the Royal Engineers.Cox’s minutes further discuss the state of accounts between British Columbia and the Treasury regarding expenses for royal engineers, particularly on San Juan Island. The included document describes accounts in British Columbia relating to the marines on San Juan Island.
Hunt to Under-Secretary of State
Treasury Chambers
5th December 1867
Sir,
I am directed by the Lord's Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to state, for the information of the Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos, that My Lords have had under consideration the Report
of the Auditor General of British Columbia, enclosed, with a
copy of a despatch from the Governorin
in your letter of the
12th ultmo, respecting the claims of that Government for
repayment of a certain portion of the expenses incurred for the
Royal Engineers in that Colony.
in your letter of the
12th ultmo, respecting the claims of that Government for
repayment of a certain portion of the expenses incurred for the
Royal Engineers in that Colony.
My Lords have only to remark
that the observations in that report tend further to shew that
the claim made in the Acting Governor's despatch of Nov. 27 1865
was based on a misunderstanding of the intention of the arrangement
for apportioning the expenses of the Engineers between theImperial
Imperial
Government and the Colony.
Imperial
Government and the Colony.
With regard to the 8th paragraph of the report, referring
to a General Account purporting to shew that up to 1862 there was
a sum of £5454-9-4 undrawn or due to the Colony, My Lords observe
that no copy of the account is annexed to the Report, to enable
them to form an opinion on this point.
Even assuming thataccording
according to the views of the Colonial
authorities such a sum was really due to the Colony, the claim will
have been satisfied by the payment of £6714-14-11 made to the
Agents in behalf of the Colony in July 1866.
according to the views of the Colonial
authorities such a sum was really due to the Colony, the claim will
have been satisfied by the payment of £6714-14-11 made to the
Agents in behalf of the Colony in July 1866.
Under these circumstances My Lords are of opinion that there
is no occasion for pursuing further the correspondence on this subject.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
Mr Elliot's memo with 1944 will shew you the history of this disputed matter of account. As the Account between the Colony and the Treasury has been settled you probably will agree with the letter that there is no necessity for pursuing the correspondence further—& we are not in a position to say the Colonial Auditor was right.
Mr Elliot's memo with 1944 will shew you the history of this disputed matter of account. As the Account between the Colony and the Treasury has been settled you probably will agree with the letter that there is no necessity for pursuing the correspondence further—& we are not in a position to say the Colonial Auditor was right.
CC
6 Dec
This has come back to me having been mixed up with some N. American
Papers. A copy of the missing amount has since been
recd &
I have attached it to the despatch 10838. Send it to the Treasury
as having been now sent home, & if they do not move further, put
all the papers by?
recd &
I have attached it to the despatch 10838. Send it to the Treasury
as having been now sent home, & if they do not move further, put
all the papers by?
CC
14/12
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Secretary to the Treasury, 6 January 1868,
forwarding copy of the general account recently received from the
colony relating to the marines on San Juan Island.