Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 2 May 1871, CO 398:7, 27.
No. 34
2 May 1871
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 29
of the 22ndof
of March and in reply I have to convey to you my authority
to relinquish the Government of British Columbia so soon as by the
appointment of a Lieutenant Governor from Canada you are relieved from
your present duties.
of March and in reply I have to convey to you my authority
to relinquish the Government of British Columbia so soon as by the
appointment of a Lieutenant Governor from Canada you are relieved from
your present duties.
I also authorise you to draw a Bill at ten days sight on the
Paymaster General for the sum of £800 as your Allowance for return
passage.
You will have the goodness to furnish me with an immediate advice
of your Bill in accordance with Clause 361 of the Colonial Regulations.