I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Grace's
despatch No. 7 of the
3rd February, transmitting copy of
correspondence between the Colonial Department and the War Office,
with reference to an application from
Captain Lempriere R.E. to
be allowed
the
the same rate of Colonial pay as is granted to other
officers of his rank in
British Columbia, and I beg to inform your Grace that in accordance with your instructions, I have
communicated your despatch to
Colonel Moody and directed that
Captain Lempriere should receive the same rate of Colonial pay
as other officers of his present rank, from the date of his
promotion, viz
20th June 1859 until
the
the date of his recall
reaching the Colony.