Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 2 November 1858, CO 305:9, no. 11257, 524.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (4), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Berens submits an amended account of sums owed to the HBC for “compensation due to the Hudson’s
Bay Company for expenses incurred by them in connection with the colonization of Vancouver’s Island.”
The minutes call the adjustment “a great improvement” and forward to the Land and
Emigration Board for their opinion.
Enclosed is a “Statement of amount to be reimbursed the Hon. Hudson’s Bay Company
by H.M. Government,” signed by Edward Roberts, Accountant; and a draft reply from Carnarvon to Berens questioning three points in the revised accounts.
Berens to Lytton
Hudson's Bay House
November 2nd 1858
Sir
In compliance with your request, as conveyed to me in Mr Merivale's letter of the 4th September, on the subject of the
compensation due to the Hudson's Bay Company for expenses
incurred by them in connection with the colonization of
Vancouver's Island, I have now the honour to transmit an amended
account of the Sums claimed by the Company under that head,
drawn up in Strict conformity with the principle laid down by
the Earl of Carnarvon in his letter of the 28th of July last.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
The course to take with this Letter is to refer it, as was done with the previous Lr on this subject, to the L. & Emigration Board at first.
The course to take with this Letter is to refer it, as was done with the previous Lr on this subject, to the L. & Emigration Board at first.
Sir E. Lytton who was making some enquiry on this subject
yesterday will probably wish to be apprized of the contents of
this Letter.
Sir Edward Lytton,
This is a great improvement on the original claim £46,000 instead of £225,000. I wd advise that it sd be referred without delay to the Em. Com. that we may have their opinion.
This is a great improvement on the original claim £46,000 instead of £225,000. I wd advise that it sd be referred without delay to the Em. Com. that we may have their opinion.
C
Novr 4
Yes.
EBL
Novr 5
Other documents included in the file
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
"Statement of amount to be reimbursed the Hon. Hudson's Bay
Company by H.M. Government," dated 2 November 1858, signed by
Edward Roberts, Accountant.