The abstract furnished with this letter shows the present state of
the account between the Agents General and the Governor
of![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_21/co_305_21_00059r.jpg)
of Vancouver
Island. A sum of £667 is due to the Agents General and a sum of
£231.19/- to the
Board of Trade.
M Douglas is so careless (on
the best construction) and so unreliable about his pecuniary
arrangements, that I believe that it is not only just in itself, but
desirable as a lesson, to repay out of the Vancouver money now in our
hands the money which has been disbursed for that Colony. I would
recommend that the Agents be instructed to repay to themselves the
sum which is due to them of £667, and to pay to the
Board of Trade
the sum which is due to that Department. I should transmit to the
Governor a copy of the present account, I should inform him that the
above course has been taken, and I should point out that after
providing for the Bills from him now under acceptance, and for the
liability of £6,000 for the Steam Tug which the Colonial
Gov is
about to purchase, as well as about £74 for incidental expenses, the
balance that remains available is reduced to £14,975. I should tell
him that up to that limit such Bills as may arrive from him will be
accepted and paid, but that he is to understand that he is strictly
prohibited from drawing for any more, and that if Bills arrive from
him beyond the above mentioned amount, so that there will be no
disposable funds in this Country to meet them,
those![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_21/co_305_21_00059v.jpg)
those Bills will be
refused and the Colonial
Gov will have to bear all the consequences.