<persName ref="prs:seymour_f"><surname>Seymour</surname>, <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:cardwell"><surname>Cardwell</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename></persName> 27 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10952, 287. Seymour addressee Cardwell

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Seymour, Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 27 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10952, 287.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/B64253.html. CO 60:19 CO 60 19 10952 287 53 B.C. 1864 received 29 November co_60_19_00289r.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), Other documents (1).

Seymour requests a half-salary as compensation for his early departure to assume his position as governor of British Columbia. Elliot minutes that Seymour has not the shadow of a claim to half salary in this case and instructs Jadis to draft a reply providing Seymour with a copy of the rules which preclude [Seymour’s] claim.

 Seymour, Frederick Cardwell, Edward Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc.
No. 53 10952, CO 60/19, p. 287; received 29 November 27th September 1864 Sir,

I have the honor to state that on arrival at New Westminster I learnt that my Predecessor, Sir James Douglas, had drawn the full salary of Governor up to the date of my arrival. It was stated that he had done so under instructions from the Duke of Newcastle.

2. I applied to His Grace to be allowed to defer my departurefrom from England until the 17th of March offering to surrender all claim to half Salary during the voyage to British Columbia if the indulgence was granted to me. Reasons of importance however compelled His Grace to direct my early departure, and I considered myself, therefore, entitled to half pay from the time I left Southampton, the 17th of February.

3. I have drawn that allowance subject of course to your instructions, and I should have reported the matter earlier had I not been engaged in public duties of great importance in the interior of the Colony.

I have I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant Frederick Seymour
Mr Elliot Governor Seymour would of course have been entitled to 1/2 Salary from the date of embarkation had there been any Salary available, but his Predecessor remained in the execution of his duties till his Successor assumed the GovtGovernment. He had therefore I think an undoubted right to the full Salary of his Office? VJ 28 Novr
Mr Cardwell Governor Seymour has not the shadow of a claim to half salary in this case, and it is to be lamented that he should have drawn the money without applying for previous authority. The Colonial Regulations are perfectly explicit on the point. If half salary is disposable an Officer may have it from the time of embarkation, but if the Principal be still in the exercise of his Office on the spot, no half salary is available, and the pay of the new officer can only begin from the date of his arrival. Articles 90 & 99 are conclusive.

I do not know any cases which appear to me more objectionable than those of Officers dipping their hand into the public Treasury, in order to pay themselves money in doubtful instances without previous authority.

I should refer Governor Seymour to the rules which preclude his claim, and should request that he will have the goodness to refund the money, and to report his having done so to this Department.

TFE 1 Decr
Mr Jadis For draft in accordance with the last par. TFE 3/12
Draft reply, Cardwell to Seymour, No. 56, 10 December 1864, informing Seymour that Articles 90 and 99 of the Colonial Regulations preclude Seymour from his claim.