Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 June 1860, CO 305:15, no. 6480, 500.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Berens to Newcastle
Hudson's Bay House
27 June 1860
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Under-Secretary
Fortescue's letter of the 22nd instant and in conformity with the
request therein contained I beg to state that the payment of £25,000
on account of the claim of the Company in respect of the resumption
of Vancouver's Island by the Crown, may be made to MrThomas Fraser,
the Company's Secretary, who will attend for the purpose on Friday
next, unless I hear from Your Grace to the contrary.
Upon the assumption that the
the money will then have been received the
necessary authority will be forwarded by Friday's Post to the
Governor of Vancouver's Island, for making grants of public lands;
and I have the honor to transmit herewith, for Your Grace's
information, a Copy of the letter proposed to be addressed to
Governor Douglas.
the money will then have been received the
necessary authority will be forwarded by Friday's Post to the
Governor of Vancouver's Island, for making grants of public lands;
and I have the honor to transmit herewith, for Your Grace's
information, a Copy of the letter proposed to be addressed to
Governor Douglas.
Minutes by CO staff
As time is so urgent, I have at once prepared & despatched a letter
to the Treasury and have sent a note to that effect to Mr Berens. I
conclude that we should also let the Governor know by the present
mail what he may expect. I have made the requisite alteration to a
draft already 
approved, now herewith circulated.
approved, now herewith circulated.
TFE
29 June
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Hudson's Bay Company to Douglas, June 1860 (date left open),
authorizing him to "dispose of such land in the Island of Vancouver
as has not already been disposed of by this Company, or as is not
claimed by them as having been their property prior to the Grant of
the Island from the Crown," and directing that all conveyances must
be sent to London to have the company's seal affixed to them.