Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
No. 77
Victoria
1st July 1867
My Lord Duke,
I had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 17
of the 2nd April 1867, authorizing the payment, under certain
circumstances of a gratuity of £20 to WilliamBowdenBowden, as a settler
in this Colony.
2. I beg to enclose Bowden's receipt for the money, and a
medical certificate shewing that he is in good health and
fit to become a settler and I have to request that the War Office
may be requested to repay the sum of twenty pounds (£20) to the
Crown Agents to the credit of British Columbia.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke Your
Your most obedient
humble Servant Frederick Seymour
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
To the War Office requesting them to pay the £20 to the Agents.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Receipt of William Bowden for twenty pounds gratuity on account
of military service, 5 July 1867.
Certificate testifying to Bowden's good health, signed by
J.S. Helmcken, M.R.C.S., 13 June 1867.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Under-Secretary of State for War, 7 September 1867,
forwarding copy of the despatch and enclosures and requesting that
the appropriate sum be paid to the crown agents.
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I have added a sentence, to make sure that they pay.