No. 4
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches No.
28 of the
3rd of April enclosing an Ordinance No. 4 to apply a sum of
Seven hundred and twenty two thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars
and five cents out of the
General General Revenue of
British Columbia to the
Service of the year
1866, and No. 31 of the
2nd of April enclosing an
Ordinance No. 11 granting a Supplemental Supply of Thirty two thousand
four hundred and fifty six pounds, seven shillings and five pence, to
the service of the year
1864 and
1865 respectively.
I have laid these Ordinances before
The Queen and I have to
acquaint you that Her Majesty has been pleased to approve and sanction
them.
You
You will cause Her Majesty's decision to be made known to the
Inhabitants of the Colony in the usual and most authentic manner.
These Ordinances were referred by my Predecessor for the
consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and I transmit
a copy of their Lordship's reply for your future guidance in regulating
the expenditure of the public Money.
I have to request you to furnish me with the financial returns
referred to
in in this Letter, as well as the explanation required by their
Lordships respecting the expenditure under the heads of Administration
of Justice and Transport Services.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
Carnarvon
The Officer Administering the Government
Other documents included in the file
Copy,
Childers to
Rogers,
10 July 1866, aproving of the estimates submitted.