<persName ref="prs:arbuthnot_g"><surname>Arbuthnot</surname>, <forename>George</forename><!-- (not Henry) ?? --></persName> to <persName ref="prs:merivale_h"><surname>Merivale</surname>, <forename>Herman</forename></persName> 4 August 1859, CO 305:13, no. 7664, 22. Arbuthnot addressee Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Public Offices document. Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).

Arbuthnot relates the Treasury's decision to provide the sum of £7000 for the erection of two Lighthouses in Vancouver's Island in the Estimate for Lighthouses abroad. Arbuthnot also forwards a copy of a Board of Trade letter that indicates that all sums advanced in the Colony on account of the Lighthouses should be drawn for upon…the Board of Trade.

 Arbuthnot, George
Treasury Chambers
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Arbuthnot to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary) 7664, CO 305/13, p. 22; received 5 August
Treasury Chambers
4 August 1859

I am commanded by the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of Newcastle, that since the date of their letter of 4th May last, they have considered that it would be more consistent to provide the sum of £7000 for the erection of two Lighthouses in Vancouver's Island in the Estimate for Lighthouses abroad.

I am to transmit copy of a letter from the Board of Trade and to state that their Lordships agreeagree with the opinion therein expressed that all sums advanced in the Colony on account of the Lighthouses should be drawn for upon, and all accounts in respect of the Works carried on in the Colony rendered to, the Board of Trade.

I am to request that, if His Grace approves of this arrangement, instructions may be given to the Governor of British Columbia, as requested by the Board of Trade.

I am etc. G. Arbuthnot
Mr Elliot Inform the Governor? ABd 5 Augt TFE 5 August CF 5 N 6
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 8, 11 August 1859, regarding payments for the Erection of Lighthouses in Fucas Strait.
James Booth, Board of Trade, to Secretary to the Admiralty, 25 July 1859, suggesting financial arrangements pertaining to the construction of two lighthouses in Vancouver Island.