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Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 18 May 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 181.

Abstract
Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Newcastle forwards Douglas correspondence from Magee regarding property left by Bernard Rice who was shot at Fort Yale, and requests that Douglas cause the necessary enquiries to be instituted and report to me the result.
No. 25
Downing Street
18 May 1860
Sir,
I transmit for your information a copy of a letter which I have received from Mr J.M. Magee accompanied by several documents relative to some property left by Bernard Rice who was shot at Fort Yale in British Columbia, as detailed in your despatch No. 68 of the 8th of January 1859, and I have to request that you will cause the necessary enquiries to be institutedManuscript imageinstituted and report to me the result.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your Obedient Servant
Newcastle
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Manuscript image
Magee to Newcastle, 5 May 1860, describing the difficulties faced by Elizabeth Rice, who was trying to obtain the property left by her son Bernard, and asking for Newcastle's assistance. Magee includes copies of correspondence from Whannell, Musgrave, Williams, and Bernard Rice in his letter.