Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 5 April 1864, CO 60:18, no. 5495, 104.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
No. 15
Government House
New Westminster
5 April 1864
New Westminster
My Lord Duke,
I have the Honor to forward herewith the Annual Blue
Book for the Colony of British Columbia for the year 1862
embodying the particular information required under the various
heads in as full a manner as the present early and unsettled
condition of the Colony will admit.
2. I have to apologize for the delay which has occurred
in forwarding this Book, but the
difficulty of collecting
statistical information upon many points in a Country like
this is very great, and in some instances after the information
has been received, it has come in such a shape as to be
valueless. These drawbacks will however decrease from day to
day, and meanwhile I trust that the full and special reports
which I have from time to time transmitted, have kept Her
Majestys Government well informed upon the general condition
and prospects of the Country.
difficulty of collecting
statistical information upon many points in a Country like
this is very great, and in some instances after the information
has been received, it has come in such a shape as to be
valueless. These drawbacks will however decrease from day to
day, and meanwhile I trust that the full and special reports
which I have from time to time transmitted, have kept Her
Majestys Government well informed upon the general condition
and prospects of the Country.
Minutes by CO staff
So proceed.
TFE
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