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 6 July 1859, CO 60:4, no. 8582, 590.
Abstract
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 6 July 1859, CO 60:4, no. 8582, 590.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Other documents (2), Marginalia (1).
No. 188, Military Expenses
I have the honor to acquaint you that I have received
requisitions from Colonel Moody, Commanding the Troops in British
Columbia, for the Amounts of money described on the other side
hereof
upon Military Account.
For Regimental Pay of the Royal Engineers to 30 June...£1600.
For Established working Pay of ditto to 31 July........£2095.
For Commissariat Expenses of Royal Engineers...........£1000.
For Working Pay to Royal Marines to 31 July............£1479.
Total £6174.
For Established working Pay of ditto to 31 July........£2095.
For Commissariat Expenses of Royal Engineers...........£1000.
For Working Pay to Royal Marines to 31 July............£1479.
Total £6174.
The
2. The Colonial Chest being incapable of meeting this Demand,
or any part of it, I have been necessitated to authorize the
Treasurer to obtain the Funds by Bills upon Her Majesty's Paymaster
General, who will be duly advised of their negociation.
2. The Colonial Chest being incapable of meeting this Demand,
or any part of it, I have been necessitated to authorize the
Treasurer to obtain the Funds by Bills upon Her Majesty's Paymaster
General, who will be duly advised of their negociation.
Minutes by CO staff
These Bills include—1st a sum of £1600 for the Regimental
Pay of the Engineers. 2nd £1479 for working pay to the Marines.
The Treasury at present accept all Bills drawn from British Columbia
for whatever service, charging them to the Parliamentary Grant. Ask
them therefore to do so in this case.
But the regimental pay is to
be defrayed by the War Department. It would be desirable therefore
to get a statement from the Governor of the amounts, if any that
have already been drawn on this account and to instruct him to continue
to distinguish them in future. [Hisfer?] he has not done this.
As to the working pay of the Marines, we have not yet ascertained
by whom it has been authorized and the Treasury must therefore be
asked to accept as on the previous occasion (See 7337)
the Bill for that service.
Write to the Treasury & Governor accordingly.
HT Irving
29 Augt
Annex dt.
HM
Augt 29
Other documents included in the file
Draft,
Merivale to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 10 September 1859, forwarding
copy of the despatch and requesting that the bills be paid and
charged to the account of the colony.