Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to
Carnarvon, Earl 20 September 1858, CO 60:3, no. 9708, 284.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Moody asks that Cox & Company be paid £3000 “as a first installment” for the payment of
stores for the “British Columbian Expedition.”
The minutes recommend the payment to the Treasury.
Enclosed is a draft from the Colonial Office to the Treasury recommending payment.
Moody to Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary)
Immediate
Topographical Office, War Dept
4 New Street, Spring Gardens
20th Sept 1858
4 New Street, Spring Gardens
My Lord
I have the honour to request that the Lord Commrs of Her
Majesty's Treasury may be authorized to place to my credit at
Cox & Coy the sum of £3000 three thousand pounds as a first
installment, for the payment of stores authorised to be purchased
for the British Columbian Expedition, such stores not being
obtainable from the Tower.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Colonial Office to C.E. Trevelyan, Immediate, 24 September 1858, recommending payment.