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Hamilton, George Alexander to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 30 September 1862, CO 305:19, no. 9699, 598.

Abstract
Public Offices document. Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Hamilton writes Elliot on behalf of the Treasury to inform Newcastle that instructions have been given to the Paymaster General to pay to the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company the sum of £32,500, in full discharge of all claims of the Company against Her Majesty's Government in respect of the Resumption of Vancouver's Island by the Crown.
Hamilton to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
Treasury Chambers
30 September 1862
In reply to your letter of the 26th September, I am directed by the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of Newcastle, that instructions have been given to the Paymaster General to pay to the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company the sum of £32,500, infullManuscript image full discharge of all claims of the Company against Her Majesty's Government in respect of the Resumption of Vancouver's Island by the Crown, and I am to request tht you will move His Grace to communicate to the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company the directions given to the Paymaster General.
I am, Sir
Your obedient Servant
Geo. A. Hamilton
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
The desph drafted in anticipation answers this Letter.
ABd 1 Oct
I have prepared a short further draft; telling Mr Berens that the money is ready to be paid.
TFE 1/10
Other documents included in the file
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Elliot to H.H. Berens, Hudson's Bay Company, 1 October 1862, advising that the Paymaster General had been authorized to release "the sum of £32,500 in discharge of the claims of the Company."