Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Grenville, Richard 30 November 1867, CO 60:29, no. 1212, 514.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Seymour acknowledges receiving
the deed…for [sic] the conveyance of Vancouver Island to the Crown.Seymour forwards an attorney general’s report stating
the necessity of retaining the original deeds…granting the Island to the Companyin British Columbia and asks for further instructions. Rogers’s minute confirms Cox’s suggestion of sending the despatch
To the L & E Commers.The included document discusses why the deed of reconveyance should remain in Victoria.
No. 156
30th November 1867
My Lord Duke,
Sir,
I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 23
of the 11th May enclosing the deed of for [sic] the conveyance
of Vancouver Island to the Crownwhich
which has been executed by the
Hudson's Bay Company under their Corporate Seal.
which has been executed by the
Hudson's Bay Company under their Corporate Seal.
2. Your Grace likewise encloses the original letters patent
dated the 13th January 1849, granting the Island to the Company
and directs me to cause these documents to be duly registered here
and returned to Your Grace.
3. I forward an official report from the Attorney General
on the necessityof
of retaining the original deeds in the Colony
and shall await Your Grace's further instructions in the matter.
of retaining the original deeds in the Colony
and shall await Your Grace's further instructions in the matter.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
H.P.P. Crease, Attorney General, to Colonial Secretary, 17
October 1867, recommending the deed of reconveyance remain in Victoria
to help settle cases of trespass in the surrounding vicinity.