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Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 August 1861, CO 60:10, no. 8721, 320.

Abstract
Despatch to London. Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Douglas writes to Newcastle to report that Douglas has “authorised the Treasurer to procure by Bills on the Paymaster General,” in order to pay British Columbia's detachment of Royal Engineers the sum of £1500.
The file includes a draft letter from Rogers to Hamilton, which forwards copy of Douglas's despatch, and asks that the bills be accepted and paid.
No. 43
3 August 1861
I have the honor to acquaint your Grace that I have authorised the Treasurer to procure by Bills on the Paymaster General, the sum of Fifteen hundred Pounds (£1500) for the Regimental Pay of the Detachment of Royal EngineersservingManuscript image serving in British Columbia and I have to request your Grace will issue the necessary instructions for the Bills presented on this account to be paid when they become due.
I have the honor to be
My Lord Duke,
Your Grace's most obedient
humble Servant
James Douglas
Minutes by CO staff
Manuscript image
T-y. L[ithographed] F[orm].
ABd 1 Oct
At once.
FR 3/10
Other documents included in the file
Manuscript image
Draft, Rogers to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 4 October 1861, forwarding copy of the despatch and asking that the bills be accepted and paid.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 August 1861, CO 60:10, no. 8721, 320. 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/B61043.html.

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