Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Paget, Clarence Edward to Fortescue, Chichester 27 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11587, 69.
Paget to Under-Secretary of State
27 December 1861
Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your
letter of the 24th Inst. with its enclosures respecting the
application for a grant of Colonial Pay to the Lieutenants in command
of Her Majesty's Gun Boats Grappler and Forward while employed on the
Vancouver Station; and suggesting thatas
as the Revenues of those
Colonies are not in a state to admit of any grant on this account, an
Extra rate of Pay might be allowed; I am commanded
by their Lordships to acquaint you, for the information of His Grace
the Duke of Newcastle, that my Lords consider there are great objections
to the principle of granting Extra Pay, and that they do not deem the
casein
in question sufficiently strong to be made Exceptional.
as the Revenues of those
Colonies are not in a state to admit of any grant on this account, an
Extra rate of Pay might be allowed; I am commanded
by their Lordships to acquaint you, for the information of His Grace
the Duke of Newcastle, that my Lords consider there are great objections
to the principle of granting Extra Pay, and that they do not deem the
casein
in question sufficiently strong to be made Exceptional.
Minutes by CO staff
The application was for extra allowances to all the Crew and not
merely to the Lieutenants in command. It is sufficiently plain
however that this would not remove, but probably increase, the
general objection entertained by the Admiralty.
I suppose therefore that the Governor may now be answered that these
allowances cannot be granted. We can frame a despatch which will
give some idea of the important objections of principle, so as to
soften any disappointment which may be felt at the refusal.
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Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 82, 31 December 1861
informing him that the Admiralty does not approve the granting of extra pay to HMS Grappler
and HMS Forward
during the time they shall continue employed on the coasts of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.
Minutes by CO staff
This Draft is copied from the fair copy which was written first in
order to obtain the Duke's signature.
order to obtain the Duke's signature.