Seymour to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

The British Columbian Ordinance, No 24 of the 11th
of April 1865 grants an addition of one thousand a year to the
salary of the Governor of the Colony. The operation of the
Act to commence from the date of the passing thereof, but no payment
to be made under it until Her Majesty's confirmation shall have
been duly proclaimed.

I beg leave to enclose a local newspaper shewing that
such proclamation took place on the 6th of January 1866. It
occurs to me that the amount due to me on account of the increased
salary from the date of the passing of the Act until I ceased to draw
my pay from the local Treasury on my departure from the Colony (31st
of August 1865) might perhaps be with convenience paid into
my bankers' hands in New Westminster. The Agents General for
Crown Colonies might perhaps be instructed by you to give
me the increased rate from the time when I first drew salary
from them, namely the first of September 1865.