Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 5 April 1864, CO 60:18, no. 5064, 102.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1), Other documents (1).
Douglas informs the Colonial Office that he intends to go to England as soon as he retires and hopes that the Treasury will pay his travel expenses. Elliot’s minute authorises Blackwood to
Recommend to the Treasury.
Separate
Government House
New Westminster
5 April 1864
New Westminster
My Lord Duke,
I beg to inform your Grace, that it is my intention
when relieved from the Government of this Colony by the
arrival of my successor, to proceed as soon after as convenient
to England, and I have to beg that your Grace willauthorize
authorize
me to draw upon Her Majesty's Treasury for the amount of
passage money allowed to Governors on returning from their Governments.
authorize
me to draw upon Her Majesty's Treasury for the amount of
passage money allowed to Governors on returning from their Governments.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
Recommend to the Treasury. (Sir J. Douglas has transferred himself to B.C. for a short time.)
Recommend to the Treasury. (Sir J. Douglas has transferred himself to B.C. for a short time.)
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 3 June 1864, asking that
£800 be issued to Douglas as passage allowance on his retirement from
the governments of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.