Colonial Despatches

Vancouver Island Despatches from London 1864

45 Jan 2 Payment of expenses on account of lighthouses. 45 B64223Sep Jan 4 Repayment of G.H. Cary's stamp dues. 4 B64219SQ46 Jan 13 Whereabouts of G. Vignola, Italian citizen. 46 B645AG02Sep Jan 13 Appointment of Colonial Secretary W.A.G. Young. 13 V647268Sep Jan 14 Permission for Kennedy to visit BC. 14 V640032 Jan 20 Whereabouts of Mr. Noiset, a Belgian citizen. 2 B6471013 Jan 21 Congratulations from Assembly to Prince of Wales. 3 B645AD014 Feb 3 Shipment of Douglas Fir seeds to Britain. 4 B64219SQ5 Mar 16 L. Lowenburg's case. 5 B645AD02Sep Mar 28 Appointment of five unofficial members of the legislature. 28 V645AD056 Mar 28 Whereabouts of Mr. Hatcher. 6 B642201 Apr 15 Shipment of stores to VI lighthouses. 1 V6472012 Apt 30 Non-passage of Civil List Act. 2 B640013 Apr 30 Enforcement of neutrality between Americans and British. 3 B645AD01Sep May 12 Condition of hospitals and asylums in VI. 12 B64002SP4 May 12 Appointment of chief justice of VI. 4 B64219SQ5 May 27 Kennedy's assumption of government. 5 B645AD026 May 27 Kennedy's welcome to VI. 6 V645AD027 June 1 Payment of Kennedy's salary. 78 June 1 Problems with bill granting rights to telegraph company. 8 V640019 June 1 Similar laws being passed in BC and VI. 9 B6400210 June 2 Concession of water rights in VI. 1011 June 20 Congratulatory address from mayor. 1112 June 23 Deed endorsing Christ Church in Victoria. 12 B64002SP13 June 24 Congratulatory address from mayor. 13 V64726814 June 24 Congratulatory address from VI inhabitants. 14 V6400315 June 24 Congratulatory address from VI inhabitants. 15 B6400316 July 4 Uprising by Chilcotin Indians. 16 V645AD0417 July 5 Young's leave of absence. 17 V64189A18 July 11 Appointment of successor to chief justice. 18 B6400119 July 11 Fees charged by Attorney General Cary. 19 B6400420 July 11 Act to grant rights to telegraph company. 20 B645TE1421 July 18 Approval of three acts. 21 V6416722 July 23 Instructions for keeping colonial accounts. 22 B645AD0323 July 26 Communication from Mr. Nicholles. 23 B645FO0124 July 27 Government officers prohibited from commercial undertakings. 24 V645AD0125 July 19 British subjects detained at San Francisco. 2526 Aug 1 Colonial Secretary Watson's salary. 2627 Aug 1 Procedure for auditing public accounts. 27 B645AD0428 Aug 1 Temporary employment of Henry Wakeford. 28 V645AD0529 Aug 1 Massacre of road party at Butte Inlet. 29 B6400530 Aug 4 Employment of Robert Ker as auditor. 3031 May 10 Kennedy's welcome to VI. 31 B645AD0532 Aug 15 Salaries of officers in the civil list. 32 V6400433 Aug 24 Defalcations of treasurer G.T. Gordon. 3334 Aug 31 Massacre of road party at Bute Inlet. 3435 Sep 2 Act establishing pilots for port of Victoria. 3536 Sep 8 Irish policemen dispatched to VI. 36 B645AD0637 Sep 8 Kennedy's address proroguing the legislature. 37 B6422138 Sep 16 Payment of salaries to principle officers. 3839 Exclusive rights granted to telegraph company. 39 B6400640 Sep 29 Defalcations of Jeremiah Nagle. 4041 Oct 3 Volunteer force formed in VI. 41 B6400742 Oct 13 Sale and transfer of Fisgard Island. 4243 Apr 20 Kennedy's address opening the legislature. 43 B6400844 Apr 20 Appointment of Colonel Foster as magistrate. 44 B645AG0145 Oct 20 Kennedy's wish to convene legislature. 45 B6422346 Oct 20 Appointment of acting gold commissioner and stipendiary magistrate. 46 B645AG0247 Oct 20 Cary's resignation. 47 B6400948 Oct 24 State of Young's employment. 48 B6422449 Oct 26 BC diocese divided into 2, endowment of new bishoprick. 49 B645AG03Oct 27 Opinion of crown law officers on real estate tax act. (Confidential) 51 n.d. - Brown's report on his exploration of VI. 5152 Oct 28 Resignation of G.H. Cary. 52 B6422553 Oct 28 Appointment of Acting Attorney General Wood. 53 V6400654 Oct 29 Passage of act respecting lawyers in VI. 54 V645AG0255 Oct 29 Pardon granted to How-a-Matcha. 55 B645AG0556 Oct 29 D.B. Ring's letter concerning appointment of attorney general. 56 V6415357 Nov 1 Disposal of fees received by Cary. 57 B645AG0658 Nov 1 Financial state of VI. 5859 Nov 1 Steps taken for enclosure of park in Victoria. 59 V6415460 Nov 1 Complaints made against HBC regarding land sales. 60 B64265Sep. Nov 15 Approval of H. Rhodes' application. 15 B6400361 Nov 16 Explanation of engagement of John Stephenson . 410 V64726162 Nov 26 Management of Indian reserves. 62 V6400863 Nov 29 Taxation in Victoria. 63 B6422664 Dec. 1 Gold discovered in Sooke. 64 B645AG0865 Dec 5 Division of salaries to Pearse and Pemberton. 65 V6400966 Dec 17 Fees paid to attorney general. 66 B6401067 Dec 20 Report on Indian population and management. 67 V6415768 Dec 20 Massacre of Europeans at Bute Inlet and Bentinck Arm. 68 B645AG0969 Dec 22 Title given to L. Lowenburg. 6970 Dec 23 Fines levied on Alexandra in Port Angeles. 70 V645FO0271 Dec 29 Negotiations with California State Telegraph Company. 71 V6415872 Dec 30 Mining progress in Sooke. 7273 Dec 30 Bonds as security for Alexander Watson's services. 73 B645FO0174 Dec 31 Steps taken to punish murderers of Bamfield and crew of Kingfisher. 74 V645FO03