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Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 23 September 1859, LAC :, 250.

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Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 23 September 1859, LAC :, 250.
Despatch from London.
No. 24
Downing Street
23 September 1859
Sir,
I have to acknowledge your Despatch No 182 of the 2nd July last, in which you represent that the cost of the Military force now stationed in British Columbia with the heavy charge of Colonial pay, is more than the finances of the Colony can at present bear, and urge on Her Majesty's Government thenecessityManuscript image necessity of assuming some part of it.
From this Despatch, and from your other Correspondence, I am not sure whether you clearly understand that it was never the intention of Her Majesty's Government to throw the entire cost of this Military force on the Colony. Their Regimental pay is to be defrayed from Imperial Funds.
But with regard to the Colonial pay and allowances I cannot depart from the instructions already given you by Sir E.B. Lytton,beingManuscript image being confident that the resources of the Colony are such as will in all probability enable it to overcome existing difficulties and provide for this portion of its expenditure within a reasonable time.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
Newcastle
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 23 September 1859, LAC :, 250. 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/B597124.html.

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