Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 11 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5443, 274.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges receipt of the Colonial Office’s despatch ensuring him that Brew will be compensated for his losses enroute to British Columbia in the Austria sinking.
The minutes
Put by.
No. 131
I have to acknowledge receipt of your Despatch of the
28th January last No 9, and the contents thereof shall be
duly communicated to Mr Brew as a reply to his application
requesting, in consequence of the losses
losses he sustained on his
passage from England, that the repayment of the Advances
made to him in England and in Nova Scotia might not be insisted on.
losses he sustained on his
passage from England, that the repayment of the Advances
made to him in England and in Nova Scotia might not be insisted on.