Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Lugard, Edward to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 22 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1890, 207.
Abstract
Lugard, Edward to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 22 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1890, 207.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Lugard to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
With reference to your letter of the 6th Ultimo,
I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of Mr
Secretary Cardwell, that the Secretary of State for War
has been pleased to authorize the payment, to the men named
in the enclosed list, of the gratuities to which they are
severally entitled on becoming Settlers in British Columbia;
and I am, therefore, to request that the necessary instructions
may be given for the issue to these men of the sums stated
against their respective names through the Local Authorities
of the above named Colony.
I am further to request that priorto the
to the payment of
the said gratuities to these men, a Medical Certificate, (to
be attached to the receipt which will be forwarded to this
office) may be required from each, to the effect that he is
in good health and fit to become a Settler in the Colony.
to the payment of
the said gratuities to these men, a Medical Certificate, (to
be attached to the receipt which will be forwarded to this
office) may be required from each, to the effect that he is
in good health and fit to become a Settler in the Colony.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
List of men entitled to gratuities upon settlement in the
colony, twelve names.
Other documents included in the file
