Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 19 December 1864, NAC :, 422.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 19 December 1864, NAC :, 422.
Despatch from London.
No. 59
19th December 1864
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 32
of the 5th of September, and to inform you that the British Columbia
Estimates for the present year which you have enclosed have met with the
approval of Her Majesty's Government.
The Lords Commissionersof
of the Treasury have however requested me to
observe to you that the Abstract B Estimate of Expenditure does not shew
the amount actually expended in the year 1862, and that the Abstract A
Estimate of Revenue shews the Approximate Revenue 1863 instead of the
actual Revenue 1862, and their Lordships request that in future the
established form of preparing the Estimates of each year may be complied
with.
of the Treasury have however requested me to
observe to you that the Abstract B Estimate of Expenditure does not shew
the amount actually expended in the year 1862, and that the Abstract A
Estimate of Revenue shews the Approximate Revenue 1863 instead of the
actual Revenue 1862, and their Lordships request that in future the
established form of preparing the Estimates of each year may be complied
with.
With regard to the Ordinance No. 30 of 1864, to which your Despatch
relates, I beg torefer
refer you to my Despatch No. 58 of this days date.
refer you to my Despatch No. 58 of this days date.