Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, James 20 April 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/7, 248.
No. 54
Downing Street
20 April 1859
Sir,
I transmit herewith for your information the copy of an Act which
has been passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand and to which Her
Majesty has been advised to give
Her assent, entitled "An Act to make
provision for the management of Gold Fields in the Colony of New
Zealand."
Her assent, entitled "An Act to make
provision for the management of Gold Fields in the Colony of New
Zealand."
I have forwarded this Act to you because the Colonial Land and
Emigration Commissioners, to whom it was referred, have reported that it
has been judiciously framed and it may perhaps prove useful to you in
considering any further regulations which it may be thought desirable to
make in connectionwith
with the Gold discoveries in British Columbia.
with the Gold discoveries in British Columbia.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient
Humbles servant
Carnarvon
in the absence of
Sir E.B. Lytton
Sir
Your most obedient
Humbles servant
Carnarvon
in the absence of
Sir E.B. Lytton