Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 13 May 1862, NAC RG7:G8C/10, 114.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (2).
Newcastle forwards Douglas a bill from the Treasury for £152.3.8 to
cover
expenses incurred for the Refinery and Assay Office established in British Columbia.
No. 121
13 May 1862
I have the honor to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter
from the Master of the Mint to the Treasury with the Account therein
enclosed of expenses incurred for the Refinery and Assay Office
established in British Columbia. This Account shows a sum of £152.3.8 due to the Mint beyond the sum of £1800 which
was provided for in the
Parliamentary Grant of last year.
The
The Lords Commissoners of the Treasury have paid to the Mint this
excess of £152.3.8. I have to instruct you to repay the amount to their
Lordships in the manner pointed out in my other instructions by the
present opportunity relative to the sum of £6,900 due for the Specie
supplied to the Colony last year.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Royal Mint accounts, 17 March 1862, "The Refinery. British Columbia, in account with The Master of the Mint."
Copy, Master of the Mint to Hamilton, 17 March 1862, report on the accounts of "Government Refinery and Assay Office established in British Columbia."