Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hamilton, George Alexander to Rogers, Frederic 22 February 1861, CO 305:18, no. 1731, 298.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (4), Other documents (1).
Hamilton writes Rogers on behalf of the Treasury to inform
Newcastle that the Board of Trade has been authorized to pay
about £1000 over and above the sum of £7752 already sanctionedfor the construction of lighthouses on Vancouver Island.
Hamilton to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Treasury Chambers
22 February 1861
With reference to your letter of the 16 Inst reporting the completion
of the Lighthouses on Vancouver's Island and the expenditure of about
£1000 over and above the sum of £7752 already sanctioned for
expenditure in the Colony on this work—I am directed by the Lords
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you for the
information of the Duke of Newcastle that My Lords have been pleased,
under the circumstances, to authorize the Board of Trade to accept
such Bills as may be drawn for this service in excessof
of the amount
already sanctioned to the extent of £1000—the sum to be added to the
Estimate for Lighthouses abroad 1861-2 now under preparation.
of the amount
already sanctioned to the extent of £1000—the sum to be added to the
Estimate for Lighthouses abroad 1861-2 now under preparation.
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 47, 1 March 1861,
informing him that the Board of Trade has been authorized to
accept such bills as you draw [for the construction of lighthouses on Vancouver Island] in excess of the amount already sanctioned to the extent of £1000.