<persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:newcastle"><surname>Pelham-Clinton</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename> <forename>Pelham</forename> <forename>Fiennes</forename></persName> 5 April 1864, CO 60:18, no. 5064, 102. Douglas addressee Newcastle

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Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 5 April 1864, CO 60:18, no. 5064, 102.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/B64014SP.html. CO 60:18 CO 60 18 5064 102 Separate B.C. 1864 received 30 May co_60_18_00103r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (1), Other documents (1).

Douglas informs the Colonial Office that he intends to go to England as soon as he retires and hopes that the Treasury will pay his travel expenses. Elliot’s minute authorises Blackwood to Recommend to the Treasury.

 Douglas, James
Government House New Westminster
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc.
Separate 5064, CO 60/18, p. 102; received 30 May
Government House New Westminster
5 April 1864 My Lord Duke,

I beg to inform your Grace, that it is my intention when relieved from the Government of this Colony by the arrival of my successor, to proceed as soon after as convenient to England, and I have to beg that your Grace willauthorize authorize me to draw upon Her Majesty's Treasury for the amount of passage money allowed to Governors on returning from their Governments.

I have the honor to be My Lord Duke, Your Grace's most obedient humble Servant James Douglas
Mr Elliot Recommend to the Treasury. (Sir J. Douglas has transferred himself to B.C. for a short time.) ABd 30 May TFE 30 May CF 31 EC 31
Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 3 June 1864, asking that £800 be issued to Douglas as passage allowance on his retirement from the governments of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.