<persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:lytton_egeb"><surname>Lytton</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename> <forename>George</forename> <forename>Earle</forename> <forename>Bulwer</forename></persName> 10 March 1859, CO 60:4, no. 4476, 201. Douglas addressee Lytton

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Douglas, James to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 10 March 1859, CO 60:4, no. 4476, 201.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B59112.html. CO 60:04 CO 60 4 4476 201 112 Military Expenses B.C. 1859 received 2 May co_60_04_00202r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (2).

Douglas forwards two letters from Moody who requests £2520 for military expenses.

The minutes recognize that payment to troops is vital in order to avoid desertion. The CO recommends that the Treasury pay the Bills.

Included in this document is a draft from Elliot to G. A. Hamilton, Treasury, 10 May 1859, forwarding a copy of the despatch and recommending the bills be paid and added to the account of the colony; a draft reply from Carnarvon to Douglas, 16 May 1859; Moody to Douglas, 21 February 1859, requesting £520 working pay for sappers and miners under Captain Grant; Moody to Douglas, 17 February 1859, requesting an advance warrant of £2000 for expenses of the Royal Engineers.

 Douglas, James
Victoria Vancouver's Island
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No. 112, Military Expenses 4476, CO 60/4, p. 201; received 2 May
Victoria Vancouver's Island
10 March 1859 Sir,

I have the honor to forward to you herewith Copy of two letters addressed to me by Colonel Moody, Commanding the Troops in British Columbia, making requisition upon me for the sum of Two Thousand FiveFive Hundred and Twenty pounds (£2520) to defray expenses incurred by the Military Department under his Command.

2. In consequence of there being no Funds in the Colonial Chest with which I could meet this Demand, and the necessity for obtaining the money being urgent I have been compelled to avail myself of the permission accorded to me by you, to obtain the funds as an Advance from the Imperial Treasury.

I 3. I have accordingly instructed the Treasurer of British Columbia to draw upon Her Majesty's Paymaster General for the amount, and he in yesterday's date negociated Bills to the Amount of Twelve Hundred and Fifty pounds (£1250), the same being drawn, for the sake of obtaining a better rate of exchange, in 5 sets for the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty pounds (£250) each, of which transaction I have duly advised Her Majesty's Paymaster General.

4. I trust you will approve of this proceeding which I wouldwould beg to assure you I have adopted with great reluctance and to which I was only compelled by sheer necessity.

I have etc. James Douglas
Lord Carnarvon See the passage I have marked in pencil at Page 9 of Sir Edd Lytton's desphdespatch No 6l of the 30 Decr last wherein it is said "the military pay of this Force the GovtGovernment may at present contribute." It will not escape yr Ldship's notice that this is the 1st time the Governor has drawn upon the British Treasury for funds for B.C. services. And I am really disposed to give him full credit for withstanding the temptation to do so by which he must have been much beset to meet the numerous demands pressing on him in a nascent Colony. This draft on us is, happily, in the shape of a recognized advance; and as it is unmistakenly clear that money must be had to pay the Troops, as they will desert, we have no alternative except to recommend the T-y to pay the Bills, adding the amount to the running account agt the Colony. ABd 2 May
I agree. C May 3
Draft, Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 10 May 1859, forwarding copy of the despatch and recommending the bills be paid and added to the account of the colony.
Draft reply, Carnarvon (in the absence of Lytton) to Douglas, No. 65, 16 May 1859.
Lord Carnarvon A Fair copy is annexed, for your sigre As the mail for B Columbia goes to day. ABd
Moody to Douglas, 21 February 1859, requesting £520 working pay for sappers and miners under Captain Grant.
Moody to Douglas, 17 February 1859, requesting an advance warrant of £2000 for expenses of the Royal Engineers.