Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hawes, Benjamin to
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 24 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 6448, 289.
Abstract
Hawes, Benjamin to
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 24 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 6448, 289.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (1), Other documents (1).
Hawes to Under-Secretary of State
War Office,
Pall Mall, S.W.
24 June 1859
Pall Mall, S.W.
Sir,
With reference to the provision of a conveyance for 16 Tons
of Barrack Furniture to British Columbia, I am directed by the
Secretary of State for War to acquaint you that the Owners of
the only vessel at present available for this purpose have sent
in their tender to the Transport Office under the following
conditions; namely, to convey these Stores from England to
Vancouver's Island, and the Master of the Vessel to have
liberty to forward them from thence to Queensborough (now called
New Westminster) by his vessel or by any vessel or craft at
the owner's expense, but at the public risk; and I am to
request you will state whether this arrangement shall be approved.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
Provided the risk of transferring the stores from VanCouver's Island to New Westminster in B. Columbia is guarded against by insurance I conclude that the tender may be accepted. Probably a higher rate of insurance may be required but it is better to pay it than suffer from another accident.
Provided the risk of transferring the stores from VanCouver's Island to New Westminster in B. Columbia is guarded against by insurance I conclude that the tender may be accepted. Probably a higher rate of insurance may be required but it is better to pay it than suffer from another accident.
We told the War Office that the Stores must be insured,
when ordered.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Merivale to Under-Secretary, War Office, Immediate, 2 July 1859, approving of the tender providing the goods were insured.