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Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 26 November 1859, CO 60:5, no. 882, 266.

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Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 26 November 1859, CO 60:5, no. 882, 266.
Despatch to London. Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
No. 237, Military Expenses
Victoria Vancouver's Island
26 November 1859
My Lord Duke,
Colonel Moody commanding the Troops in British Columbia having made requisition on me for the sum of about Three Thousand Pounds (£3000) to meet various payments in Military AccountManuscript imageAccount, I have the honor to acquaint your Grace that not having the Colonial Funds at my command to meet the requisition, I have been obliged to instruct the Treasurer, to procure the before-mentioned Amount by Bills on Her Majesty's Paymaster General and I trust your Grace will be pleased to obtain the necessary authority from the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for the Bills presented on this account to be paid when theyManuscript imagethey become due.
I have etc.
James Douglas
Minutes by CO staff
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Treasury.
ABd 27/1
At once.
HM Jan 27
Other documents included in the file
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Draft, Merivale to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 18 January 1860, forwarding copy of the despatch for consideration and requesting that the bill be paid.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 26 November 1859, CO 60:5, no. 882, 266. 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/B59237.html.

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