No. 4
14 March 1867
Sir,
With reference to Governor Kennedy's Despatches No. 25 of the 26th March 1866 and No. 32 of the 25th May 1865, I have the honor to transmit to you a Copy of a letter from the Board of Trade enclosingaManuscript image a statement of expenses amounting to £212.16.10 incurred by that Department for Stores required for the Lighthouses in Vancouver Island.
I enclose a copy of a further letter from the Board of Trade pointing out that it was urgent to receive payment of this money before the close of the present financial year.
I have therefore authorized the Crown Agents to make thepaymentManuscript image payment, charging the same to the account of Van Couver Island.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Buckingham & Chandos
Other documents included in the file
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Copy, Farrer to the Under Secretary of State, 11 February 1867, requesting payment "for the supply of Stores for the Lighthouses in Vancouver Island."
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Copy, Tennent to the Under Secretary of State, 29 January 1867, transmitting a statement of the expenses incurred by the Board of Trade for the Stores of the Lighthouses of Vancouver Island.
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Account of sums disbused by the Board of Trade on account of the Lighthouses at Vancouver Island.