Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Frederick 25 November 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 497.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Other documents (1).
Buckingham transmits a letter from the postmaster general and requests Seymour to provide information on the cost of conveying mail between San Francisco and Victoria from 17 January 1868 to 1 June 1868.
No. 100
25 November 1868
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 75
of the 28th of July respecting the postal arrangements which exist on
the part of British Columbia with the United Kingdom,the
the Dominion of
Canada and the United States.
the Dominion of
Canada and the United States.
In reply I transmit to you for your information and guidance a copy
of a letter from the [Postmaster] General to whom your despatch was
referred, and I have to request that you will furnish me with the
information desired by His Grace with regard to the amount paid for the
conveyance of the British Columbia Mails between San Francisco and
Victoria from the 17thof
of January to the 1st of June last.
of January to the 1st of June last.
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Tilley to Rogers, 11 November 1868, regarding the conveyance of British Columbia mail between Victoria and San Francisco.