Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester to
Douglas, Sir James 5 February 1864, NAC :, 37.
Abstract
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester to
Douglas, Sir James 5 February 1864, NAC :, 37.
Despatch from London.
No. 67
5th February 1864
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 74
of the 4th of December last, reporting that Mr. Cox is prepared to make
an allowance to his Wife at the rate of £60 per annum, and informing me
of the sums which he had already sent to her on this account.
For the reasons whichyou
you have anticipated, the Crown Agents could
not conveniently be called upon to undertake the management of a private
business of this nature. But I appreciate Mr. Cox's anxiety to furnish
evidence that he sends his remittances punctually, and I have to point
out that this end can be attained by making them throughthe
the Bank of B.
Columbia, and furnishing to the Governor some certificate from the Bank
that this has been done.
you have anticipated, the Crown Agents could
not conveniently be called upon to undertake the management of a private
business of this nature. But I appreciate Mr. Cox's anxiety to furnish
evidence that he sends his remittances punctually, and I have to point
out that this end can be attained by making them throughthe
the Bank of B.
Columbia, and furnishing to the Governor some certificate from the Bank
that this has been done.
In the absence and by authority of the Duke of Newcastle