Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 3 December 1861, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 547.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Newcastle forwards Douglas the Treasury's response to his
despatch No. 50dated 22 August 1861. Newcastle writes that although Douglas had requested that
a simpler mode mode of accounting should be adopted in the case of British Columbia,the Treasury advises that
in the absence of any definite propositions for the modification of the accounts, the system already adopted should be continued.
No. 92
3 December 1861
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 50 of the 22nd of August last on the subject of the accounts of British Columbia, and I enclose for your information a copy of a report by the Commissioners of Audit
on the points referredto
to in your despatch.
to in your despatch.
I am happy to learn that as regards the delay which has occurred in
sending home the accounts for 1859, the Commissioner's approve of the course adopted by the Treasurer in retaining the
accounts with a view to
bring them into the form prescribed by his instructions.
With respect to your suggestions that a simplermode
mode of accounting should be adopted in the case of British Columbia, I have to acquaint you that the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury are of opinion that, in the absence of any definite propositions for the modification
of the accounts, the system already adopted should be continued.
mode of accounting should be adopted in the case of British Columbia, I have to acquaint you that the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury are of opinion that, in the absence of any definite propositions for the modification
of the accounts, the system already adopted should be continued.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Copy, "The Commissioners of Audit to the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury," 4 November 1861.