Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 18 October 1870, NAC RG7:G8C/17, 435.
Abstract
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 18 October 1870, NAC RG7:G8C/17, 435.
Despatch from London.
No. 28
18 October 1870
Sir,
In reply to your Despatch No. 95 of the 28th July, relative to the
reward granted by the United States of America to Samuel Harris as
compensation for injuries sustained in the Panama Riots 1856, I have the
honor to inform you that a letter has been received from the Foreign
Officestating
stating that the Paymaster General has been instructed to
transfer the sum of £175.15.7 to the credit of British Columbia with the
Crown Agents for the Colonies.
stating that the Paymaster General has been instructed to
transfer the sum of £175.15.7 to the credit of British Columbia with the
Crown Agents for the Colonies.
You have my authority for paying this sum out of the local Treasury
to Mr. Harris.