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Public Offices document
Arbuthnot, George to Rogers, Frederic 16 June 1860, CO 305:15, no. 6146, 560.

Abstract
Public Offices document. Minutes (2), Other documents (2).
 
Arbuthnot to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Treasury Chambers
16 June 1860
I am directed by the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you for the information of the Duke of Newcastle with reference to Your letter of the 13 Inst. that instructions have been given to the Paymaster General to pay from the Treasury Chest, to any Person duly authorized to receive the same on behalf of the Hudson's Bay Company, the sum of £25000 "on account" of the claims of that Company in respect of the resumption of Vancouver's Island by the Crown. This payment is to be treated asManuscript imageas an advance from the Chest and to be repaid from a Vote of Parliament to be taken whenever the final adjustment of the Accounts between the Company and the Crown shall have been established.
I am etc.
G. Arbuthnot
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
Acquaint the Hudson's Bay Co. The draft to the Governor, prepared by Mr Murdoch, requires a slight revision before it is sent off. See minutes on 4873.
ABd 18 June
To save time, I annex a draft prepared at my request by Mr Irving, to the H.B. Company, Manuscript imageand also a short additional paragraph to the despatch to the Governor.
TFE 18 June
CF 19
N 20
Other documents included in the file
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Draft, Fortescue to H.H. Berens, Hudson's Bay Company, 22 June 1860, asking to be informed to whom the payment may be made.
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Draft, Elliot to Secretary to the Treasury, 14 February 1861, explaining why there had not yet been an application for a vote of parliament to cover the final adjustment with the Hudson's Bay Company.