Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 17 March 1869, CO 60:35, no. 5397, 226.
Abstract
Seymour, Frederick to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 17 March 1869, CO 60:35, no. 5397, 226.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
No. 40
17th March 1869
My Lord,
I have the honor to submit Copy of the Speech with which I
closed the Session of the Legislature on the 15th Instant.
2. Full
2. Full particulars as to the measures passed shall be
forwarded by an Early opportunity.
3. It will now suffice if I mention that I found the
Legislative Council in an obliging, conciliatory humour,
while disposed to take more of initiation than usual.
A good sign, of course, for the working of our present
Constitution; I havecarried
carried all the Bills to which I attached
importance.
carried all the Bills to which I attached
importance.
4. I am, I believe, on very good terms with the members of the
Legislative Council. At all events if disapproving of my rule,
they made no sign.
Minutes by CO staff
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
.us
Government Gazette Extraordinary,
15 March 1868 [1869], containing Seymour's speech proroguing the
Legislative Council, 15 March 1869.
