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 25 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5893, 333.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Douglas forwards correspondence from Colonel Moody requesting an extra £100 to compensate for unforeseeable expenses and adds his “testimony”
to the “disproportionate rate of the Officer’s salaries to the expensive nature of
the Colony.”
The minutes instruct Merivale to see an annexed draft “written in pursuance of the Minutes on 5435” and states
that “a demand for augmentation of salaries is on the road.” Carnarvon suggests the despatch should be submitted to their “successors of this office.”
Enclosed in the despatch is the forwarded letter from Moody to the Under-Secretary of State, 9 April 1859.
Separate
I have the honor to forward to you herewith a Letter
addressed to you by Colonel Moody, upon the subject of the
allowances made to him for the passages of himself and Family
from England to this Country, and I trust that it may be possible
to view his case
case in a favorable light, for I can add my testimony
to the very heavy expense which attach to living in this part of
the world; and the disproportionate rate of the Officer's salaries
to the expensive nature of the Country, is a subject which I
propose to bring to the serious and special notice of Her Majesty's
Government.
case in a favorable light, for I can add my testimony
to the very heavy expense which attach to living in this part of
the world; and the disproportionate rate of the Officer's salaries
to the expensive nature of the Country, is a subject which I
propose to bring to the serious and special notice of Her Majesty's
Government.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
See the annexed draft written in pursuance of the Minutes on 5435.
See the annexed draft written in pursuance of the Minutes on 5435.
The despatch may be sent, as proposed, to the Governor,
I presume.
A demand for augmentation of salaries is on the road.
ABd
10 June
If it is intended to abide by the decision, then the
draft to be slightly altered as within.
HM
June 11
I think that this sd be submitted to our successors in this
Office.
C
June 11
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Moody to Under-Secretary of State,
9 April 1859, inquiring whether £100 had been issued for
the payment of Mrs. Moody's passage.