<persName ref="prs:fortescue"><surname>Fortescue</surname>, <forename>Chichester</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 25 October 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 326. Fortescue addressee Douglas

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Fortescue, Chichester to Douglas, James 25 October 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 326.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/B607055.html. LAC RG7:G8C/9 LAC RG7 G8C/9 326 55 B.C. 1860 rg7_g8c_09_00207r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

Fortescue, Chichester
Downing Street,
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No. 55 LAC, RG7, G8C/9, p. 326 (CO 398/1, p. 433)
Downing Street,
25 October 1860 Sir,

In the Duke of Newcastle's despatch of the 5th of May, No 22, copy of a correspondence with the Office of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury respecting the adjustment of advances on account of the Royal Engineers in British Columbia was transmitted to you accompanied by instructions from His Grace in regard to the system to be followed in accounting for the Revenue and Expenditure of that Colony. I am now directed by the Secretary of State to forward to you the sequel to that correspondence and to desire that the course indicated in the accompanying Treasury letter and its enclosures may be carefully followed.

I take this opportunity of requesting you to be most regular in furnishing to this Office the quarterly and annual returns of the Revenue and Expenditure of British Columbia as already directed by the Duke of Newcastle. Without this information the knowledge of the financial condition of the Colony, which it is so essential for the Secretary of State to possess, is imperfect and occasions considerable inconvenience, both when the Estimate for British Columbia has to be prepared for Parliament and when, ultimately, the Commissioners of Audit have to examine the accounts.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant C. Fortescue