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 28 December 1858, CO 60:1, no. 2139, 556.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Douglas affirms that he has “carefully attended to” instructions respecting the pension of
Michael Kelcher.
The minutes forward to the War Office.
Enclosed is Merivale to the Under-Secretary of the War Office forwarding a copy of the despatch for information.
No. 60
With reference to your Despatch No 34 of the 29th of October, transmitting the copy of a letter from the Colonial
Agent General with its enclosures respecting the payment in
Vancouver's Island of the pension of Michel Kelsher [Kelcher], an army
Pensioner, and instructing me to give directions for the
payment of this pension from the ColonialTreasury
Treasury, and to
forward the vouchers necessary to recover re-payment from the War
Department as pointed out by the Agent General, I have to
state in reply that those instructions will be carefully
attended
to.
1
Treasury, and to
forward the vouchers necessary to recover re-payment from the War
Department as pointed out by the Agent General, I have to
state in reply that those instructions will be carefully
attended
to.
1
Other documents included in the file
Merivale to Under-Secretary, War Office, 10 March 1859,
forwarding copy of the despatch for information.
Footnotes
- = Lytton to Douglas, 29 October 1858, CO 410/1, p. 186, pension for Kelsher.