Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Elliot, Thomas Frederick 16 August 1866, CO 60:26, no. 8011, 415.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Elliot, Thomas Frederick 16 August 1866, CO 60:26, no. 8011, 415.
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (4), Other documents (1), Marginalia (3).
Seymour to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
St. James Palace
16 August 1866
Sir,
Having received from the Earl of Carnarvon the
notification of my appointment to the Governorship of the
united Colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island,
I have the honor to request that you will give instructions
for the payment to me of the usual passage allowance.
As the newColony
Colony bears the name of the portion
thereof the Government of which I until recently
administered it may appear, perhaps, that I am applying
twice during my administration for passage allowance. I
would however beg leave to state that having had six months
leave of absence from the late Colony granted to me, I have
been detained another six months in London by the Secretary
of State assisting in thepreparation
preparation of a bill for the
Union of the Western Colonies. At the bill becoming law it was held
that my former office had ceased to exist. After some delay
I was honored by the announcement
that the Queen had permitted the
Governorship of the new Colony to be offered to me. I have
accepted it, & commence a new term of office in a new colony.
Colony bears the name of the portion
thereof the Government of which I until recently
administered it may appear, perhaps, that I am applying
twice during my administration for passage allowance. I
would however beg leave to state that having had six months
leave of absence from the late Colony granted to me, I have
been detained another six months in London by the Secretary
of State assisting in thepreparation
preparation of a bill for the
Union of the Western Colonies. At the bill becoming law it was held
By whom?
No public Record of this announcement.
T.F. Elliot Esqre
&c &c &c
&c &c &c
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
Mr Seymour applies for the usual passage allowance (i.e. £800) and assigns two grounds—1. that he was detained here by the Secretary of State for 6 Months beyond his original leave, 2. that he is about to commence a new term of office in a new Colony.
Mr Seymour applies for the usual passage allowance (i.e. £800) and assigns two grounds—1. that he was detained here by the Secretary of State for 6 Months beyond his original leave, 2. that he is about to commence a new term of office in a new Colony.
In July 1865 Mr Cardwell granted Mr Seymour 6
Months leave "for the purpose of visiting this Country."
A private letter from Mr Cardwell accompanied this
Despatch in which Mr Seymour was told "that it would be
open to him to raise the question of a short extension if
he wished it." Paper annexed.
On the 1st Novr 1865 an extension of 6 Months was granted.
Leave of absence was granted to him at his own request & he is
about to return to the Colony whence he came. And even if
he has been detained here by the S. of S. he will be put to no
additional expense on that account.
2d Is he about to enter upon a New term of office in a
New Colony? No new Colony has been created. He continues
Governor of B. Columbia into which Van Couver Island has been
incorporated. No new Commission will be given to him. Had Mr
Seymour been removed from one Colony to another he would have
been entitled to the actual cost of the passage—but in the
present case I cannot think his application well founded.
VJ
20 Augt
I quite agree with Mr Jadis, and think the application
very unreasonable. I should
refuse it briefly and decidedly.
refuse it briefly and decidedly.
TFE
20 August
I agree.
CBA
21/8
Mr Elliot
Governor Seymour assumed the Govt on the 26 April 1864. Received Six Months leave from 9 Sepr 1865 to 9 March 66.
Received an extension
from March 1866. No record of his having asked for it & no period
fixed. The only record we have is a letter from Seymour asking for
his 1/2 [salary] during his extended leave. See 2997 whereupon the
Agents
were told to pay it till further orders.
Governor Seymour assumed the Govt on the 26 April 1864. Received Six Months leave from 9 Sepr 1865 to 9 March 66.
Arrived in England end of Octr or 1st of November.
[TFE]
were told to pay it till further orders.
VJ
24 Aug
Other documents included in the file
Colonial Office to Seymour, 13 September 1866, refusing his
request for passage allowance.