Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 30 June 1859, CO 60:5, no. 6716, 375.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Romaine transmits an extract of a letter by Captain de Courcy, of the Pylades, reporting on the
state of affairs in the Gold Districts of Fraser's River.Blackwood minutes that
recent reports by the Naval Officers of the condition of things in B. Columbia are not quite so cheeringas Douglas's reports.
Romaine to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to send you herewith for the information of
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, an
Extract of a letter dated the 10th May last from
Captain de Courcy, of the Pylades reporting the state of
affairs in the Gold Districts of Fraser's River.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
I have observed that some of the recent reports by the Naval Officers of the condition of things in B. Columbia are not quite so cheering as those we get from the Govr. Perhaps the Naval Offrs do not know as much as the Governor does upon the subject. It is well, however, to
receive other reports than those of the Governor—if,
at least, those reports are accurate in their facts.
I have observed that some of the recent reports by the Naval Officers of the condition of things in B. Columbia are not quite so cheering as those we get from the Govr. Perhaps the Naval Offrs do not know as much as the Governor does upon the subject. It is well, however, to
receive other reports than those of the Governor—if,
at least, those reports are accurate in their facts.
