Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 December 1862, CO 305:19, no. 1010, 287.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4), Other documents (1).
Douglas explains to Newcastle that his
occasional omissionof the abstracts for legislation forwarded to the Colonial Office was part of his effort to economize, suggesting that his printing style reduced duplication. The minutes show that the Colonial Office remains unconvinced, retorting that the problem was not where the abstracts were located on the page, but that they were not included at all.
No. 56
3 December 1862
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Despatch of the 24h
September last marked "Separate" calling my attention to the
occasional omission in the Colonial enactments sent home by this
Government, of the marginal abstracts required by establishedrule,
rule to
facilitate their examination.
rule to
facilitate their examination.
2. The cost of printing in this Colony is very great, and I find
that with the view to economize as much as possible, the practice of
placing the abstract of the clause
over the clause, instead of in the margin, was introduced. I
will, however, take care that in future the established rule be
strictly adhered to.
Minutes by CO staff
TFE
31 Jan[uar]y
Answer that it is perfectly immaterial whether the running summary of
V.C.I. Acts is printed at the head of the separate clauses or in the
margin—but point out to Govr Douglas that in many of the V.C.I.
Acts it is not inserted either in the one place or in the other.
Draft at once.
At once.
CF
4
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 5, 12 February 1863,
questioning Douglas's explanation for not including the abstracts for legislation forwarded to the
Colonial office and pointing out that the problem was not where the abstracts were located on the
page, but
that they were not included at all.