Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Seymour, Frederick 14 January 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/11, 21.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Newcastle grants Seymour permission to leave British Columbia in order to visit Governor Kennedy on Vancouver Island
as occasion may demand, but asks that Seymour limit his trips to no more than four weeks per year in total and to report his trips to the Colonial Office.
Separate
14th January 1864
Sir,
The instructions which will be issued to you as Governor of British
Columbia will contain the usual Clause prohibiting you from absenting
yourself from the Colony without leave previously obtained from Her
Majesty direct or through one
of Her Principal Secretaries of State.
of Her Principal Secretaries of State.
Since however you may find it convenient to be able to visit the
neighbouring Colony of Vancouver Island as occasion may demand, I have
the honor to convey to you Her Majesty's permission for doing so.
The duration of any one visit of this description is left to your
discretion, but it will be necessary that your absence from your post
without previous leave from home should not exceed four weeks in the
year in all, and that each absence should be regularly reportedto
to this
office.
to this
office.