Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Goring, William Henry to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 5 August 1858, CO 305:9, no. 7769, 597.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Goring asks if he will he have
right and title to the land without the Sanction of the British Governmentif he purchases land on Vancouver Island from the HBC.
The minutes answer
in the affirmativeas long as the purchase is made before 30 May 1859.
Enclosed is a draft from Carnarvon to Goring advising that his title to land purchase from the HBC would be valid without government sanction, provided that the purchase was made while
they still held the grant to Vancouver Island.
Goring to Lytton
I shall feel obliged by your informing me if purchase of Land
from the Hudsons Bay Company in Vancouvers Island will give me a
right and title to the land without the Sanction of the British
Government.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Carnarvon to Goring, 17 August 1858, advising that his title
to land purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company would be valid
without government sanction, provided the purchase was made
before 30 May 1859.