No. 96
2 November 1868
Sir,
I transmit to you for your information and with reference to your despatches No. 66 of the 13th April, and No. 98 of the 8th August copies of a correspondence between this Department and the Admiralty relative to the question of grantingcatcassistancehwordManuscript image assistance to the Vancouvers Island Dock Company for the work which they propose to undertake.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Buckingham & Chandos
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Copy, Elliot to the Secretary to the Admiralty, 26 September 1868, transmitting a correspondence relating to "the question whether assistance should be given to the Vancouver Island Dock Company for the work they propose to undertake."
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Copy, Houghton to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 21 October 1868, stating that "should the construction of the Dock be decided upon," provisions will be extended of the Colonial Docks Loan Act.