I have the honor to transmit to you with reference to previous
correspondence on the subject, the accompanying copy of a Despatch from
the Governor of Vancouver Island respecting the sale by Traders of
Spirituous liquors to Indians in the PeaceRiverRiver and Athabasca
districts.
It will be one of your earliest duties to consider what measures
should be adopted to check so grave an evil.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant Carnarvon
"Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company held November 20th 1866" regarding the sale of liquor to First Nations.