Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 January 1860, CO 60:7, no. 2750, 75.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges Newcastle's despatch approving the
establishment of an Assay Office in British Columbia.
No. 9
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Grace's
Despatch No 22, of the 19th September, and in reference thereto,
to express my satisfaction at hearing that Her Majesty's Government
had
had sanctioned the establishment of an Assay Office in British
Columbia, in consequence of suggestions contained in several
of my Despatches.
had sanctioned the establishment of an Assay Office in British
Columbia, in consequence of suggestions contained in several
of my Despatches.
2. My opinion still remains unaltered, that it is a measure
that will prove in many respects, of great advantage to the Colony.
