Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 10 May 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 200.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 10 May 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 200.
Despatch from London.
No. 25
10 May 1866
Sir,
I have the honor to instruct you that, as the Queen's sanction to
the Ordinance for increasing the Governor's Salary has been proclaimed,
you may authorise the payment to Governor Seymour's Attorney, Mr. D.M.Lang
Lang
Lang, Manager of the Bank of British Columbia at Victoria, of the
difference between the old and new Salary from the 11th of April 1865,
on which day the Ordinance passed, to the 31st of August 1865, being the
day on which Governor Seymour ceased to draw Salary in the Colony in
consequence of his departure for England. Mr. Seymour has expressed to
me his wish that this payment be made in the manner I haveabove
above
directed.
Lang
Lang, Manager of the Bank of British Columbia at Victoria, of the
difference between the old and new Salary from the 11th of April 1865,
on which day the Ordinance passed, to the 31st of August 1865, being the
day on which Governor Seymour ceased to draw Salary in the Colony in
consequence of his departure for England. Mr. Seymour has expressed to
me his wish that this payment be made in the manner I haveabove
above
directed.
The Officer Administering the Government