Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Booth, James to Fortescue, Chichester 28 February 1861, CO 305:18, no. 1826, 289.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2).
Booth writes Fortescue on behalf of the Board of Trade to inform
Newcastle that the Board of Trade feels the lighthouses at
Fisguard Island and Race Rockwere
executed in a very satisfactory manner.
Booth to Under-Secretary of State
Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade
Whitehall
28 February 1861
Whitehall
I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th Instant
transmitting Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Vancouver Island
reporting the completion of the Lighthouses on Fisguard Island and
Race Rock.
In reply I am to request that you will inform His Grace the Duke of
Newcastle that in their Lordships opinion these works have been
executed in a very satisfactory manner. And I am to suggest that it
may be well to convey this opinion to the Governor and to Captain
Richards.
As
As regards the request of the Governor that Bills which he will have
to draw to the amount of One Thousand Pounds (£1000) in addition to
the Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-two Pounds (£7,752)
already sanctioned, may be duly accepted, I am to state that the
Treasury has authorized the Board of Trade to accept Bills to that
amount, and that one Bill of Six Hundred Pounds (£600) has already
been accepted.
The sum of One Thousand Pounds (£1000) will be added to the Estimate
for Lighthouses abroad now under preparation.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
The consent of the Treasury for this additional £1000 was signified to us very recently: & I think the papers relating to the subject must have been passed on by you.
The consent of the Treasury for this additional £1000 was signified to us very recently: & I think the papers relating to the subject must have been passed on by you.
ABd
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