Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 3 September 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 77.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (2).
Newcastle transmits copies of correspondence, one by the Foreign Office one by the Board of Trade, on matters related to
declaring Victoria a free Port.
No. 9
Downing Street
3 September 1859
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No. 4 of the 22nd July last
declaring Victoria a free Port, and stating that an enquiry was being
instituted to ascertain whether the Bonding system exists in Californian
Ports, I transmit to you for your information 
the copy of a letter which
has been received from the Foreign Office in reply to the reference which
was made on the subject to that Department.
the copy of a letter which
has been received from the Foreign Office in reply to the reference which
was made on the subject to that Department.
I also transmit to you the copy of a letter on the subject from the
Board of Trade, and I have to request that you will furnish me with the
explanation which their Lordships require of the statement in your
despatch of the 23rd March last, that Articles imported into
Vancouvers Island from
from Californian Ports are necessarily charged with the
Custom duties levied in that State.
from Californian Ports are necessarily charged with the
Custom duties levied in that State.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
E. Hammond, Foreign Office, to Merivale, 11 August 1859, on the
Bonding system…in the California ports.
T.H. Farrer, Board of Trade, to Merivale, 25 August 1859, on the
bonding system in the California Ports,and
discrepancyon import duties on Vancouver Island.