Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Forster, William Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 12 December 1865, CO 398:3, 321.
Abstract
Forster, William Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 12 December 1865, CO 398:3, 321.
Despatch from London.
[Separate]
12th December 1865
Sir,
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Cardwell to transmit to you a copy
of a despatch from the Governor of Vancouver Island enclosing a
correspondence that has passed between yourself and Mr. Kennedy
respecting the claim
made by his Government to be reimbursed the cost of
conveying the Mails of British Columbia from San Francisco to New
Westminster, and I am to request that you will favour Mr. Cardwell with
any observations that you may have to make upon the subject.
made by his Government to be reimbursed the cost of
conveying the Mails of British Columbia from San Francisco to New
Westminster, and I am to request that you will favour Mr. Cardwell with
any observations that you may have to make upon the subject.
The Officer Administering the Government