Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 1 February 1866, CO 60:24, no. 3023, 43.
Abstract
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 1 February 1866, CO 60:24, no. 3023, 43.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
No. 9
1st February 1866
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit an Authenticated and two plain
Copies of an Ordinance of the present Session of the Legislature
of this Colony, entitled;
No. 3 An Ordinanceto
to incorporate the Western Union Telegraph
Company, in Lieu of the Western Union Telegraph Extension Company.
to incorporate the Western Union Telegraph
Company, in Lieu of the Western Union Telegraph Extension Company.
2. I enclose the Report of the Attorney General, I also forward
Copy of a Letter from the Secretary to the Company which will more
fully explain the object of this Ordinance.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
H.P.P. Crease, Attorney General, to Officer Administering the
Government, 31 January 1866, reporting on the ordinance as per despatch.
O.H. Palmer, Western Union Telegraph Company, to Seymour, 18
October 1865, stating the correct corporate name of the company.
Other documents included in the file
