No. 85
18 November 1867
Sir,
I transmit to you for your information and guidance, and with reference to your despatch No. 93 of the 16th August, a copy of a letter from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, enclosing copy of the instructions issued in 1864 to the Admiral in the Pacific ontheManuscript image the subject of detaching a force from the Ships under his Orders in the event of disturbances arising in the interior of British Columbia.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Buckingham & Chandos
Other documents included in the file
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Copy, Lennox to Elliot, 28 October 1867, concerning a complaint of Admiral Hastings that ships under his orders had to travel to a place as remote as the Cariboo to settle disturbences in the interior.
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Copy, Pennell to Denman, 16 July 1864, explaining that he had received informaiton that "some Road Parties in British Columbia have been murdered and that there was an intention to send expeditions into the interior with the object of punishing the Indians by whom the murders were committed."
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Copy, Lennox to Elliot, 28 October 1867, respecting "disturbances between rival claimants of a mining property in the district of Carriboo."
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Copy, Pennell to Denman, 16 July 1864, duplicate of above enclosure concerning murdered Road Parties.