Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Needham, Joseph to
Parker, Charles Stuart 17 July 1865, CO 305:27, no. 6960, 373.
Abstract
Needham, Joseph to
Parker, Charles Stuart 17 July 1865, CO 305:27, no. 6960, 373.
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (4), Other documents (6).
Needham to Parker (Private Secretary)
Library Chambers
Temple
17th July 1865
Temple
Dear Sir
I have to thank you for your kind note & beg to say that I shall be
very glad if you will obtain for me an advance of salary to meet the
expense of the voyage to Vancouver Id.
C.S. Parker Esqe
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Blackwood
Let draft be prepared to the Crown Agents, authorizing them to advance two months salary to Mr Needham at the rate of £1,200 per annum (insert the amount of his full salary whatever that may be[)].
Let draft be prepared to the Crown Agents, authorizing them to advance two months salary to Mr Needham at the rate of £1,200 per annum (insert the amount of his full salary whatever that may be[)].
As Mr Cardwell is absent, I will submit the question to him in the
draft.
Prepare the draft telling the Govr of the advance.
TFE
19/7
Mr Cardwell
Mr Needham, the newly appointed Judge in Vancouver Island, has represented that he has no allowance for either passage or outfit, and that he is subjected to heavy demands. I think that it would not be unreasonable under the circumstances to grant him an advance of salary. I recommend an advance equal to two months full salary, but with an explanation that in settling his pay account
in the Colony,
he can only be credited for half salary during the time of the voyage.
Mr Needham, the newly appointed Judge in Vancouver Island, has represented that he has no allowance for either passage or outfit, and that he is subjected to heavy demands. I think that it would not be unreasonable under the circumstances to grant him an advance of salary. I recommend an advance equal to two months full salary, but with an explanation that in settling his pay account
in the Colony,
he can only be credited for half salary during the time of the voyage.
This is urgent as his departure is approaching. Drafts are annexed.
TFE
20 July
Other documents included in the file
Colonial Office to Needham, 21 July 1865, authorizing the
advance of "two month's salary at the full rate of £1200 per annum"
but advising that "in settling your future pay account in the Colony,
you can only be credited for half salary during the period of your
passage."
Colonial Office to Crown Agents, 21 July 1865, authorizing the
advance of two months salary at the full rate of £1,200 per annum to
Needham.
Minutes by CO staff
On reflection I think that two month's Salary, (£200) is enough.
Submitted for Mr Cardwell's approval.
TFE
20/7
Other documents included in the file
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Minutes by CO staff
See also letter to Mr Needham annexed.
I added the last sentence of the previous letters under an error,
and I think it is material to correct it at once and officially.
TFE
29 July