Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Paget, Clarence Edward to Rogers, Frederic 29 May 1863, CO 60:17, no. 5353, 28.
Abstract
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Minutes (2).
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Paget to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to acquaint you for the information of His Grace the Duke of
Newcastle that the Senior Officer of Her Majesty's Ships at
Esquimalt, Commodore the Honble J. Spencer, has reported in
a Letter dated the 3rd April, No 14, that HM's Ship
"Devastation" hadbeen
been despatched by him to Kittimatt from whence
she was to proceed to Fort Simpson, with a view to checking the
large illicit trade in spirits carried on with the Indians on the
North Coast of British Columbia. Commodore Spencer also states
that the Lord Bishop of Columbia had applied to him for a Passage
in the "Devastation" and that he had directed him to be receivedon
on board.
been despatched by him to Kittimatt from whence
she was to proceed to Fort Simpson, with a view to checking the
large illicit trade in spirits carried on with the Indians on the
North Coast of British Columbia. Commodore Spencer also states
that the Lord Bishop of Columbia had applied to him for a Passage
in the "Devastation" and that he had directed him to be receivedon
on board.
