Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Romaine, William Govett to
Forster, William Edward 16 March 1866, CO 60:26, no. 2664, 14.
Abstract
Romaine, William Govett to
Forster, William Edward 16 March 1866, CO 60:26, no. 2664, 14.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (6), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (2), Marginalia (2).
Romaine to Under-Secretary of State
Admiralty
16th March 1866
Sir,
With reference to the claim for Repayment to this
Department of the expenses incurred on account of the
Bentinck Arm Expedition; I am commanded by my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to request you will lay
before Mr Secretary Cardwell the accompanying copy of a
report from the Accountant General in explanation of this
claim, and by which it appears that the sum outstanding
amountsto
to £243.10.6. An account amounting to £1.11.3
for supplies from HMS Sutlej for the use of the expedition,
is also transmitted herewith; And My Lords request that
these amounts may be paid to the Credit of Naval Funds thro'
the Paymaster General, who has been authorized to receive the same.
to £243.10.6. An account amounting to £1.11.3
for supplies from HMS Sutlej for the use of the expedition,
is also transmitted herewith; And My Lords request that
these amounts may be paid to the Credit of Naval Funds thro'
the Paymaster General, who has been authorized to receive the same.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot [first two entries crossed out]
Copy to Acting Governor and instruct him to cause payment of this claim to be made to the Paymaster General to the credit of Naval Services.
Copy to Acting Governor and instruct him to cause payment of this claim to be made to the Paymaster General to the credit of Naval Services.
ABd
20-3
Draft.
TFE
20/3
Mr Elliot
I thought it advisable to investigate this claim before we proferred it to the Governor, and Mr Pennell has been so obliging as to supply me with a memn which I have gone over carefully. The
result is that the claim may be reduced to a small compass.
I thought it advisable to investigate this claim before we proferred it to the Governor, and Mr Pennell has been so obliging as to supply me with a memn which I have gone over carefully. The
result is that the claim may be reduced to a small compass.
£155.9.4 of said claim has been paid & the Admy
informed thereof on the 18 Jany last.
£14.13.4 has also been paid by the Crown Agents; but as we have not
formally informed the Admy of this fact it remains that we should do
so: and we can make mention of it in the letter wh. will have to be
written in my division. Further we have told the C. Agents to pay
£69.18.2, & should now desire them to pay the percentage
money—£3.9.8—due on the supply to
the Colony of B.C. together with £1.11.3 for supplies from the Sutlej.
Therefore we have to explain to the Admy where
payments have been made & tell them that the C. Agents
have been directed to pay the residue amounting to
and instruct the Agents and the Govr accy.
| 3. 9. 8 | |
| 1.11 .3 | |
| £ | 5. 0.11 |
ABd
24 March
Much obliged for the investigation. Drafts.
Mr Blackwood
This letter from the Admiralty is incorrect and misleading—the facts of the case are these. On the 4th of July 1865 the Admiralty sent in a claim for stores supplied to various Colonies amounting to £243.10.6. This was composed of three sums as under
Items 1 & 2 have actually been paid to the Admiralty, and of the
payment of the
larger of these two (£155.9.4) they have been informed.
(See letter to Admty 18 Jany/66 Gov/373/65 New Zealand). The
payment of the Hong Kong item £14.13.4 has I learn from Mr
Sargeaunt been made by the Agents but the Admiralty have not been
informed of it's actual payment by this office—perhaps they should
now be told.
This letter from the Admiralty is incorrect and misleading—the facts of the case are these. On the 4th of July 1865 the Admiralty sent in a claim for stores supplied to various Colonies amounting to £243.10.6. This was composed of three sums as under
| (1st) | For | New Zealand | £155. 9. 4 |
| (2ly) | Hong Kong | 14.13. 4 | |
| (3ly) | B. Columbia (Bentinck Arm Expn) | 73. 7.10 | |
| £243.10. 6 |
larger of these two (£155.9.4) they have been informed.
(See letter to Admty 18 Jany/66 Gov/373/65 New Zealand). The
payment of the Hong Kong item £14.13.4 has I learn from Mr
Sargeaunt been made by the Agents but the Admiralty have not been
informed of it's actual payment by this office—perhaps they should
now be told.
The history of the British Columbia item to which the enclosure
to the present Admiralty letter refers is
the claim of £73.7.10 made
as above was supposed here to belong to the Foreign Office, it was
withdrawn by the Admiralty accordingly—and was made on the Foreign
Office—but as a percentage is charged on Colonial Supplies which is
not in regard to those of other Departments—the percentage amounting
to £3.9.8 was deducted when the claim was made on the F.O.—i.e. the
claim made on that Department was £69.18.2.
The Foreign Office
repudiated it and it was renewed on this Department but the Admiralty
made an omission in not then adding on the percentage again.
Consequently they made the claim £69.18.2 whereas it ought to have
been renewed as it originally stood £73.7.10.
the claim of £73.7.10 made
as above was supposed here to belong to the Foreign Office, it was
withdrawn by the Admiralty accordingly—and was made on the Foreign
Office—but as a percentage is charged on Colonial Supplies which is
not in regard to those of other Departments—the percentage amounting
to £3.9.8 was deducted when the claim was made on the F.O.—i.e. the
claim made on that Department was £69.18.2.
The Foreign Office
repudiated it and it was renewed on this Department but the Admiralty
made an omission in not then adding on the percentage again.
Consequently they made the claim £69.18.2 whereas it ought to have
been renewed as it originally stood £73.7.10.
The Agents have been told to pay £69.18.2 and the Admiralty have
been informed that they have been desired to do so.
It now remains to authorize the Agents to pay for the balance or
percentage
and the Govt to paythe
the Agents.
This is a mistake. We have not informed the Admiralty.
| 73. 7.10 | |
| 69.18. 2 | |
| £ | 3. 9. 8 |
the Agents.
By the foregoing it will be seen that the Admiralty now make a
claim as outstanding of £243.10.6 which they had made in July
/65—that they have already been informed of the actual payment of
£155.9.4—that £14.13.4 has also actually been paid, and that
instructions have been given of which the Admiralty have been
informed for the payment of the £69.18.2. All that remainsnow
now
to be authorized to be paid to them is £3.9.8 on account of the
Bentinck Arm Expedition, together with the fresh claim which they make
for £1.11.3 for supplies from H.M.S. Sutlej in July 1864.
now
to be authorized to be paid to them is £3.9.8 on account of the
Bentinck Arm Expedition, together with the fresh claim which they make
for £1.11.3 for supplies from H.M.S. Sutlej in July 1864.
EBP
23/6/66
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Accountant General Beeby to Secretary of the Admiralty,
13 March 1866, stating revisions in amount to be paid to the credit
of naval services on account of the Bentinck Arm expedition, with
short statement appended thereto.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Crown Agents, 31 March 1866, authorizing
payment of certain sums to the credit of naval services.
