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Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 1 October 1862, NAC :, 144.

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Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 1 October 1862, NAC :, 144.
Despatch from London.
No. 119
Downing Street
1 October 1862
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that after protracted discussions the sum which Her Majesty's Government proposed to pay to the Hudsons Bay Company in respect of their different outlays in Vancouver Island was £30,000, but that theCompanyManuscript image Company continued to demand £35,000.
Under these circumstances a compromise was offered on the part of Her Majesty's Government, and has been accepted by the Company, by which the difference has been divided, and the sum of £32,500 has been agreed upon as the amount to be paid in discharge of the Company'sclaimsManuscript image claims on the Crown in consequence of it's resumption of Vancouver Island. This payment is about to be made forthwith to the Company by the Treasury.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Newcastle

Governor Douglas C.B.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 1 October 1862, NAC :, 144. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/V627119.html.

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