<persName ref="prs:newcastle"><surname>Pelham-Clinton</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename> <forename>Pelham</forename> <forename>Fiennes</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 1 October 1862, NAC RG7:G8C/3, 144. Newcastle addressee Douglas

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Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 1 October 1862, NAC RG7:G8C/3, 144.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/V627119.html. NAC RG7:G8C/3 NAC RG7 G8C/3 144 119 V.I. 1862 rg7_g8c_03_00086r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

Newcastle informs Douglas that after protracted discussions, the government and the HBC have agreed that a payment of £32,500 will settle the company's claim for compensation for costs incurred while it was responsible for administering Vancouver Island.

Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes
Downing Street
Douglas, James Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed". Added abstract.
No. 119 NAC, RG7, G8C/3, p. 144 (CO 410/1, p. 389)
Downing Street
1 October 1862 Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that after protracted discussions the sum which Her Majesty's Government proposed to pay to the Hudsons Bay Company in respect of their different outlays in Vancouver Island was £30,000, but that theCompany Company continued to demand £35,000.

Under these circumstances a compromise was offered on the part of Her Majesty's Government, and has been accepted by the Company, by which the difference has been divided, and the sum of £32,500 has been agreed upon as the amount to be paid in discharge of the Company'sclaims claims on the Crown in consequence of it's resumption of Vancouver Island. This payment is about to be made forthwith to the Company by the Treasury.

I have the honor to be Sir Your obedient Servant Newcastle Governor Douglas C.B.