Seymour to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

Having received from the Earl of Carnarvon the
notification of my appointment to the Governorship of the
united Colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island,
I have the honor to request that you will give instructions
for the payment to me of the usual passage allowance.

As the new Colony bears the name of the portion
thereof the Government of which I until recently
administered it may appear, perhaps, that I am applying
twice during my administration for passage allowance. I
would however beg leave to state that having had six months
leave of absence from the late Colony granted to me, I have
been detained another six months in London by the Secretary
 of State assisting in the preparation of a bill for the
Union of the Western Colonies. At the bill becoming law it was held

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that my former office had ceased to exist. After some delay
I was honored by the announcement

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that the Queen had permitted the
Governorship of the new Colony to be offered to me. I have
accepted it, & commence a new term of office in a new colony.