Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 10 February 1871, NAC RG7:G8C/18, 46.
Abstract
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 10 February 1871, NAC RG7:G8C/18, 46.
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
No. 12
10 February 1871
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the 16th
December last, No. 162 with reference to the issue of grants to certain
persons who purchased land in V.I. prior to the transfer of the Island
to the Crown.
I transmit to you,for
for your information a copy of a Report from the
Migration Commissioners whom I caused a copy of your Despatch to be
referred.
for your information a copy of a Report from the
Migration Commissioners whom I caused a copy of your Despatch to be
referred.
I concur in opinion with Sir Clinton Murdock that the titles to
the lands should be issued direct from the H.B.Co. and that if any
difficulties should be experienced by the Co. in completing the
contracts a short special Ordinance should be passed to remove them and
to bring the transactions within the scope of Ordinance No. 4 of 1870.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Sir T.W.C. Murdock, Emigration Board, to Sir Frederick Rogers, 3 February 1871, regarding land held by the Hudson's Bay Company in Victoria.