Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, James 9 November 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 365.
No. 36
Downing Street
9 November 1858
Sir,
With reference to my despatch of the 14th of
October,
1
I have to inform you that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade have reported to me that the Harbour Regulations which you have
promulgated appear to them tobe
be usual and proper for the purpose of
preserving order and regularity in the mooring and berthing of vessels
and for security against fire, and that the Coast regulations seem
calculated to secure the efficiency of the Boats and to prevent
smuggling.
be usual and proper for the purpose of
preserving order and regularity in the mooring and berthing of vessels
and for security against fire, and that the Coast regulations seem
calculated to secure the efficiency of the Boats and to prevent
smuggling.