Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Hammond, Edmund to Rogers, Frederic 30 March 1861, CO 305:18, no. 2962, 97.
Hammond to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
30 March 1861
I have laid before Lord John Russell your letter of the 19th
Instant, inclosing a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of British Columbia respecting the proposed substitution of Military for Civil
Jurisdiction in San Juan, and I am tostate
state to you, in reply, for the
information of the Duke of Newcastle, that Lord John Russell concurs
in the recommendation that the Civil Magistrate at present stationed
in the Island should be withdrawn.
state to you, in reply, for the
information of the Duke of Newcastle, that Lord John Russell concurs
in the recommendation that the Civil Magistrate at present stationed
in the Island should be withdrawn.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
Inform the Govr that H.M. Govt approve the withdrawal of the Civil Magistrate from San Juan as recommended by him in his desph of the 7 last Jany.
Inform the Govr that H.M. Govt approve the withdrawal of the Civil Magistrate from San Juan as recommended by him in his desph of the 7 last Jany.
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Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 53, 9 April 1861,
informing him that his request that the civil magistrate on San Juan Island be withdrawn has been approved.