No. 8
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt on the
3 of
Instant of your Despatch No 1 of the 17 Dec last, transmitting
a letter from the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, enclosing a
receipt for the amount of contributions to that charity, collected
within the
District of Victoria.
I have also to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No 2 of
the
the
24 of December last, referring to my letter No 17 of the
13 September,
in which I took the liberty of suggesting that the Provisions and Stores
required for Her Majesty's Ships, should be sent direct from England to
Vancouver's Island, and that Store Houses for their reception, should be
erected at
Port Esquimalt.
I have also the honor to acknowledge the receipt on the same
date of your Despatch No 3 of the
26 January,
referring to my letter of the
8 November last, reporting the outbreak of the Indian war in
American Oregon.
It
It affords me the greatest satisfaction to observe, that the
measures which I pursued on that occasion, in respect to the aid
furnished to the American authorities, has met with your approval and I
trust that our proceedings since that time, dictated by a kindred
policy, as reported in subsequent communications, will also meet with
the approval of Her Majesty's Government.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obedient humble Servant
James Douglas
Governor
The Right
Hon Henry Labouchere Esq
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
For the Colonial Department.
Minutes by CO staff
Put by.
In this instance there is no inconvenience but as a rule for the
future I w request the Gov to write upon each separate subject
in a separate despatch.
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