Trevelyan to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Treasury Chambers
12 November 1858
Sir,
With reference to Mr Elliot's letter of the 4th Instant, 1 I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of Sir E.B. Lytton, that My Lords are of opinion that the circumstances of the case justify the grant of £250 to Colonel Moody, for the passage of himself and two servants to British Columbia, and They have directed the Paymaster General to issue that amount to Messrs Cox and Co on his account, charging the same to the Treasury Chest, as an advance to be repaid fromtheManuscript image the votes to be proposed to Parliament in the next Session.
I am etc.
C.E. Trevelyan
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
Acquaint Colonel Moody thro' the Govr?
VJ 15 Novr
TFE 15 Nov
Annex dt.
C Nov 15
Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward to Merivale, Herman 12 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11566, 291. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B585TE13.html.

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