<persName ref="prs:grafton_d"><surname>Grafton</surname>, <forename>Douglas</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:rogers_f"><surname>Rogers</surname>, <forename>Frederic</forename></persName> 25 April 1865, CO 60:23, no. 3953, 218. Grafton addressee Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Grafton, Douglas to Rogers, Frederic 25 April 1865, CO 60:23, no. 3953, 218.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/B655WA02.html. CO 60:23 CO 60 23 3953 218 B.C. 1865 received 27 April co_60_23_00219r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (2), Other documents (1).

In reference to a letter in which Seymour requests the sum of £3937.10.6 for the Pay and Subsistence of the Detachment of Royal Engineers lately serving in the Colony, Grafton explains that the credit held with the Department of War has been exhausted and any further claims should be directed to the Treasury.

 Grafton, Douglas
War Office
Rogers, Frederic Inserted revisionDesc. Added abstract. Written by Josiah Snell.
Grafton to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary) 3953, CO 60/23, p. 218; received 27 April
War Office
25. April 1865 Sir

With reference to your letter of the 21st February last forwarding copies of correspondence in which the Governor of Vancouvers Island [marginal note: British Columbia] requests that a balance of £3937.10.6 stated to be due to British Columbia for the Pay and Subsistence of the Detachment of Royal Engineers lately serving in the Colony, may be paid to the Crown Agents to the credit of the Colony,

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acquaint you that the full amount of the credit taken by this Department in the account Current, has been paid over to theTreasury Treasury Account for Civil Services, or to the Treasury Chest Account upon claims preferred by the Audit Office, and that, under these circumstances, any claim which the Colony may have against the Home Government on account of advances made for the above Service should be preferred against the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your obedient Servant Douglas Grafton
Mr Elliot Refer the claim to the Treasury, together with a copy of their Letter. ABd 27 Apl
Draft. TFE 27/4
Rogers to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 14 June 1865, forwarding despatch from Seymour showing balance due to colony for Royal Engineers and requesting consideration of the claim.