Fraser to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Hudson's Bay House
London
Decr 22nd 1866
Sir,
By the direction of the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company I have the honour herewith to transmit for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, copy of a letter to me from William F. Tolmie Esquire one of the Company's Agents at Victoria, Vancouver Island, together with copy of a correspondence which has lately taken place betweentheManuscript image the Honorable N. Birch administering the Government of British Columbia and the Board of Management relative to the illicit liquor traffic with Indians on the North West Coast of America.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
Thomas Fraser
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
See 12130 from the Acting Govr.
VJ 24 Dec
See Minutes on that despatch.
TFE 26/12
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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Copy, Tolmie to Fraser, 23 October 1866, suggesting alternatives for suppressing liquor traffic amongst natives.
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Copy, H.M. Ball, Colonial Secretary's Office, to Tolmie, 26 September 1866, disputing Roderick Finlayson's letter of 4 June and stating that the governor had been successful in suppressing the liquor traffic.
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Extract, Finlayson to Fraser, 4 June 1866, complaining of unequal extraction of duties by the government of the colony between the Hudson's Bay Company and her competitors.
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Copy, Tolmie to Ball, 13 October 1866, stating the facts presented in Finlayson's letter were true and providing further substantiation.
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Copy, Tolmie to Ball, 16 October 1866, stating causes for problems in liquor trade.
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Tolmie to Ball, 20 October 1866, advising that several schooners carrying liquor were headed for the north west coast of the colony.
Other documents included in the file
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Rogers to Fraser, 18 February 1867, stating that Seymour would endeavour to curb the illicit liquor trade.