<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> 25 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5893, 333. Douglas addressee Lytton

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Douglas, James to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 25 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5893, 333.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/B59143SP.html. CO 60:04 CO 60 4 5893 333 Separate B.C. 1859 received 10 June co_60_04_00334r.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) (1).

Douglas forwards correspondence from Colonel Moody requesting an extra £100 to compensate for unforeseeable expenses and adds his testimony to the disproportionate rate of the Officer’s salaries to the expensive nature of the Colony.

The minutes instruct Merivale to see an annexed draft written in pursuance of the Minutes on 5435 and states that a demand for augmentation of salaries is on the road. Carnarvon suggests the despatch should be submitted to their successors of this office.

Enclosed in the despatch is the forwarded letter from Moody to the Under-Secretary of State, 9 April 1859.

 Douglas, James
Victoria, Vancouver's Island
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Separate 5893, CO 60/4, p. 333; received 10 June
Victoria, Vancouver's Island
25 April 1859 Sir,

I have the honor to forward to you herewith a Letter addressed to you by Colonel Moody, upon the subject of the allowances made to him for the passages of himself and Family from England to this Country, and I trust that it may be possible to view his casecase in a favorable light, for I can add my testimony to the very heavy expense which attach to living in this part of the world; and the disproportionate rate of the Officer's salaries to the expensive nature of the Country, is a subject which I propose to bring to the serious and special notice of Her Majesty's Government.

I have etc. James Douglas
Mr Merivale See the annexed draft written in pursuance of the Minutes on 5435.

The despatch may be sent, as proposed, to the Governor, I presume.

A demand for augmentation of salaries is on the road.

ABd 10 June
If it is intended to abide by the decision, then the draft to be slightly altered as within. HM June 11
I think that this sd be submitted to our successors in this Office. C June 11
Moody to Under-Secretary of State, 9 April 1859, inquiring whether £100 had been issued for the payment of Mrs. Moody's passage.