Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 27 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 1049, 435.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges the receipt of a despatch informing him of Captain Parsons’ stipend of £500 and that the Treasury will deliver another £500 if needed.
The minutes “Put by.”
No. 33, Military
I have received your Despatch No 19 of 9th Septr
last acquainting me that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
had issued the sum of £500 to Capt. Parsons of the Royal
Engineers and had givenhim
him authority to draw Bills for a
further sum of £500, should he find it necessary to enable
him to reach his destination, with the Detachment of
Twenty men under his
Command.
1
him authority to draw Bills for a
further sum of £500, should he find it necessary to enable
him to reach his destination, with the Detachment of
Twenty men under his
Command.
1
Footnotes
- = Lytton to Douglas, 9 September 1858, No. 19, CO 398/1, p. 91, Parson's expenses.