Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 2 February 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 196.
No. 5
Downing Street
2 February 1860
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 52 of the 5th November last,
I have to acquaint you that The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have informed me that it is their wish that the Ground, Buildings &c,
at Esquimalt, purchased for the North American Boundary Commission
should, when no longer required for
for the use of the surveying party
under Colonel Hawkins, be transferred to their Lordships for Naval purposes, and I have to instruct you,
in compliance with their
Lordships desire, to transfer this property accordingly.
for the use of the surveying party
under Colonel Hawkins, be transferred to their Lordships for Naval purposes, and I have to instruct you,
in compliance with their
Lordships desire, to transfer this property accordingly.