Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Frederick 21 August 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 324.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Other documents (3).
Buckingham transmits correspondence from the War Department in which the War Department consents to postponing the department’s claim on the Government of British Columbia for stores supplied to
Artillery Volunteers in British Columbia.
No. 64
21 August 1868
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 5 of the 4th February, I
transmit to you for your information and guidance, copies of a
correspondence with the War Office from which you will see that the
Department has consented to postpone its claim against your Governmentfor
for £141.1.3 on account of stores supplied for the use of the Artillery
Volunteers in British Columbia until such time as the Colony shall be in
a position to liquidate it.
for £141.1.3 on account of stores supplied for the use of the Artillery
Volunteers in British Columbia until such time as the Colony shall be in
a position to liquidate it.
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Galton to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Office, 20 July 1868, asking that the Colonial Office "state whether any further steps have been taken towards a settlement of the claims."
Copy, Rogers to the Under Secretary of State for the War Office, 6 March 1868, stating that "the Revenues of the Colony are at present in such a state that the
Government is unbale to discharge its engagement."
Copy, Lugard to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Office, 14 March 1868, stating that "Pakington has consented to the postponement of the claim amounting to £141.1.3 for Stores supplied."