Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Musgrave, Anthony to Wodehouse, John 8 April 1871, CO 60:43, no. 4544, 424.
Abstract
Musgrave, Anthony to Wodehouse, John 8 April 1871, CO 60:43, no. 4544, 424.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
No. 44
8th April 1871
My Lord,
I have the honor to forward to Your Lordship the usual copies of
an Act passed by the Legislative Council entitled—
An Act to exempt incertain
certain cases Cattle farmed on Shares and
their increase from the operation of any Bankruptcy or
Insolvency Laws.
certain cases Cattle farmed on Shares and
their increase from the operation of any Bankruptcy or
Insolvency Laws.
2. The Attorney General's Report fully explains the object of
this measure. In the circumstances of this Colony I regard theprovivisons
provisions it contains as desirable, and I recommend the Act for
Her Majesty's approval.
provisions it contains as desirable, and I recommend the Act for
Her Majesty's approval.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F Rogers
I see no reason why this Act should not be sanctioned. It has been passed without the slightest opposition, and is entirely a matter for the consideration & decision of the local Legislature.
I see no reason why this Act should not be sanctioned. It has been passed without the slightest opposition, and is entirely a matter for the consideration & decision of the local Legislature.
HTH
12/5
Certainly. It seems to me impossible to read the report of the
A.G. without seeing how entirely the case is one in which the
settlers should be allowed to fight their own way thro' their
own difficulties.
(In point of fact I should think the law was a good one.)
FR
13/5
Quite a matter for the settlers themselves. Sanction.
K
May 15/71
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Three printed copies of act not on microfilm.
George Phillippo, Attorney General, to Musgrave, 6 April
1871, reporting on the act as per despatch.
