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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 15 November 1858, LAC :, 383.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton requests that Douglas inform Captain Parsons that he approves of Parsons’ decision to secure second class passage for his engineers from Panama to San Francisco and that the Treasury will honor his bills to the extent of six hundred pounds in addition to the one thousand pounds already delivered.
No. 40
Downing Street,
15 November 1858
Sir,
I have to request that you will inform Captain Parsons that I have received his letter of the 27th September. 1 reporting his arrival at Panama and the steps which he had taken for conveying his party to their destination.
You will state tohimManuscript image him that I approve of the course he took for securing second Class passages on board the Vessel which was to convey his men to San Francisco, and that I have recommended the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to honor his Bills to the extent of Six hundred pounds (£600) in addition to the One Thousand Pounds (£1000) placed at his disposal previous to his leaving this Country.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
E B Lytton
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 15 November 1858, LAC :, 383. 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/B587040.html.

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