No. 16
26 February 1869
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit to you with reference to my Predecessor's despatch No. 100 of the 25th November a copy of a letter from the Post Office enclosing copies of a correspondence with the Postmaster General of the United States on the subjectofManuscript image of the division of postage on correspondence passing between British Columbia and the United States.
I request that you will inform me whether your Government is prepared to accept the proposals made by the United States Government, and if so on what date you will be prepared to carry them into effect.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Granville
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Copy, Tilley to Rogers, 19 February 1869, requesting that Granville will communicate a set of proposals written by the United States Post Office, outlined in the letter, to the Governor of British Columbia.
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Tilley to Postmaster General of Washington (Blackfan), 19 November 1868, reporting that "a representation from the Government of British Columbia upon the subject of the interchange of correspondence between that Colony and the United States" has been received.
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Postmaster General of Washington (Blackfan) to Postmaster General of London, 14 December 1868, stating that Washington "has for many years been desirous of concluding a postal arrangement with British Columbia and Vancouvers Island," and that the Department is "required by law to levy and collect a United States postage of 10 cents."
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Tilley to Postmaster General of Washington (Blackfan), 4 January 1869, stating that the proposed rates "appear to his Lordship to be quite satisfactory," but requires the matter of the mode of payment to be settled.
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Postmaster General of Washington (Blackfan) to Postermaster General of London, 29 January 1869, informing that the London office "is in error, in supposing that at present the cost of the conveyance of Mails is entirely defrayed by the Colony of British Columbia."