Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Molesworth, William to Douglas, James 6 September 1855, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 298.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Molesworth writes to Douglas to acknowledge Douglas’s earlier report on providing the British Navy with
Supplies and Hospital accommodation at Vancouver's Island;Molesworth confirms that the Admiralty will defray all just claims upon receipt of
proper vouchersfrom the HBC.
No. 4
Downing Street,
6th September, 1855
Sir,
I have to acknowledge your Despatch No 8, of the 13th of June
last, reporting the measures you have taken in consequence of a
requisition addressed to you by the Commander in Chief of the Naval
Forces in the Pacificfor
for providing the Fleet with Supplies and Hospital
accommodation at Vancouver's Island, and I have to inform you that the
Hudson's Bay Company have been apprized that on receiving proper
vouchers, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will be ready to
defray all claims which can justly be made on this account on the Naval
Department.
for providing the Fleet with Supplies and Hospital
accommodation at Vancouver's Island, and I have to inform you that the
Hudson's Bay Company have been apprized that on receiving proper
vouchers, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will be ready to
defray all claims which can justly be made on this account on the Naval
Department.