Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Julyan, Penrose Goodchild to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 27 June 1866, CO 60:26, no. 6240, 47.
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Julyan, Penrose Goodchild to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 27 June 1866, CO 60:26, no. 6240, 47.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (2).
Julyan to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Offices of the Crown Agents for the Colonies
Spring Gardens, London, S.W.
27 June 1866
Spring Gardens, London, S.W.
Sir,
The Crown Agents for the Colonies have this day
received from the Colonial Secretary of British Columbia
a letter, of which I enclose a copy, directing them, under
certain circumstances, to draw a Bill on the Government
of the Colony in order to raise the sum of £6250 to
meet the interest and sinking fund payments on the
British Columbia Loans due on the 1st proximo.
Before
Before taking any further steps in the matter
the Crown Agents will be glad to know whether there
is any chance of their receiving from the Imperial
Exchequer the sum of £9000 therein stated to be due to
the Colony by the Home Government.
The cash balance now in the hands of the Crown Agents
is £9537, but two bills, amounting together to £10,000,
were drawn on them by the Colonial Authoritieson
on the
16th March last, and will mature, and must be paid,
on the 16th proximo. The additional sum required
therefore between the 1st and 16th July will be
£6713; and failing the
early payment from Her Majesty's Treasury of the £9000 due on
Military account, the Crown Agents request the authority of Mr
Secretary Cardwell to draw Bills on the Colonial
Government sufficient to raise the required amount.
on the
16th March last, and will mature, and must be paid,
on the 16th proximo. The additional sum required
therefore between the 1st and 16th July will be
£6713; and failing the
early payment from Her Majesty's Treasury of the £9000 due on
Military account, the Crown Agents request the authority of Mr
Secretary Cardwell to draw Bills on the Colonial
Government sufficient to raise the required amount.
Minutes by CO staff
MrElliot
The first thing to do is to ask the Treasury if they can pay the £9000 due to the Colony on Military account. They will perhaps advance the money if the Supplementary vote has not been taken yet.
The first thing to do is to ask the Treasury if they can pay the £9000 due to the Colony on Military account. They will perhaps advance the money if the Supplementary vote has not been taken yet.
ABd
28 June
Immediate. We must write to Treasury, marked "Immediate" and
request to be informed if there is any prospect that the Crown
Agents will receive the payment of £9051 before the 16th.
I annex drafts to the Treasury & to the Crown Agents.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Copy, H.M. Ball, Colonial Secretary's Office, to Crown Agents,
9 May 1866, authorizing them to draw a bill on the government through
the Bank of British Columbia for payment of interest and sinking fund.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Secretary to the Treasury, 28 June 1866, enquiring
whether any large part of the £9051 due to the colony would be paid
before the 16th proximo.
Minutes by CO staff
The letter of the Agents reached me late yesterday, and as the
subject would bear no delay and the course was plain, I at once wrote
these letters to the Treasury and Crown Agents.
TFE
29 June
Other documents included in the file
*
Elliot to Crown Agents, 28 June 1866, forwarding copy of the
letter to Treasury as noted above and advising that instructions
would be issued on receipt of their answer.