Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Romaine, William Govett to
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 30 October 1860, CO 60:9, no. 10354, 21.
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Romaine, William Govett to
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 30 October 1860, CO 60:9, no. 10354, 21.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (2).
Romaine to Under-Secretary of State
Immediate
Admiralty
30 October 1860
Sir,
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to transmit to you herewith, a copy of a despatch, dated the
9 Sept last, from the Commander in Chief of Her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels in the Pacific, respecting the grant of extra Pay to
the Party of Royal Marines doing duty in British Columbia; and
I am
to request that in laying the same before the Duke of
Newcastle, you will state to His Grace, that my Lords are of
opinion, taking into consideration the whole circumstances of
the case, together with the laborious nature of the work
performed by the Marines under Colonel Moody, and their exemplary
conduct as testified by that Officer, that it would be most
desirable that the Party of Marines who have been promised the
3s/ per diem, should be allowed
it.
to request that in laying the same before the Duke of
Newcastle, you will state to His Grace, that my Lords are of
opinion, taking into consideration the whole circumstances of
the case, together with the laborious nature of the work
performed by the Marines under Colonel Moody, and their exemplary
conduct as testified by that Officer, that it would be most
desirable that the Party of Marines who have been promised the
3s/ per diem, should be allowed
it.
My Lords trust, therefore, that the Secretary of State
will under these circumstances be induced to reconsider his
decision, and issue the necessary directions to the Authorities
at Vancouver's Island.
Minutes by CO staff
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Robert L. Baynes, Rear Admiral and Commander in Chief, to
Secretary of the Admiralty, 9 September 1860, concerning increase of pay
for marines and giving a short history of their time in British Columbia.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Elliot to Secretary to the Admiralty, 13 November 1860,
agreeing that the promise of extra pay should be kept.
