Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Wodehouse, John to Merivale, Herman 13 December 1859, CO 305:12, no. 12300, 385.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Wodehouse suggests that
British Emigration to Vancouver's Island might…be successfully promoted by making free grants of land to British Subjects, not exceeding twenty-five acres each.Elliot minutes that
the Foreign Office ought to be ashamed of itself for sending us such crude suggestions, shewing such total ignorance of the history of new Settlements. If it wishes to concern itself with colonization it ought to learn the rudiments of the subject.
Wodehouse to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
13 December 1859
I have laid before Lord John Russell your letter of the 7th instant,
enclosing a copy of a Report from the Colonial Land and Emigration
Commissioners, respecting the question of promoting British
emigration to Vancouvers Island, and in which the Commissioners set
set
forth the difficulties of the undertaking.
set
forth the difficulties of the undertaking.
I am in reply to request that you will suggest to His Grace the Duke
of Newcastle whether British Emigration to Vancouver's Island might
not be successfully promoted by making free grants of land to British
Subjects, not exceeding twenty-five acres each.
Minutes by CO staff
It must go to the Comrs but really 
the Foreign Office ought
to be ashamed of itself for sending us such crude suggestions,
shewing such total ignorance of the history of new Settlements. If
it wishes to concern itself with colonization it ought to learn the
rudiments of the subject.
the Foreign Office ought
to be ashamed of itself for sending us such crude suggestions,
shewing such total ignorance of the history of new Settlements. If
it wishes to concern itself with colonization it ought to learn the
rudiments of the subject.
Other documents included in the file
Draft,
Merivale to Emigration Commissioners, 29 December 1859, forwarding
copy of letter from the Foreign Office.