No. 36
Downing Street
15 June 1867
Sir,
With reference to the correspondence noted in the margin,
S. of State to Officer Admin. Government of Vancouver Island No. 25, 14 Decr. 1866. Governor British Columbia to S of State No. 45, 18th March 1867.
I have the honor to transmit to you for your information a copy of a further letter from Mr. Samuel Barfield on the subject of agrantManuscript image grant to Messrs Stewart Meldrum and Co. and to Mr. MacKean of certain Mineral lands on the North West Coast of Vancouver Island, together with a copy of the answer which has been returned by my direction to Mr. Barfield's letter.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Buckingham & Chandos
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Copy, Barfield to the Duke of Buckingham, 11 June 1867, enquiring if the assumption "that the Deed of Conveyance of the Island to the Crown has been forwarded to the Colony" is correct.
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Copy, Elliot to Barfield, 15 June 1867, informing "the Deed for the conveyance to the Crown of Van Couver Island was forwarded to the Governor of British Columbia."