Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 25 May 1865, CO 305:25, no. 6393, 399.
Abstract
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 25 May 1865, CO 305:25, no. 6393, 399.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (4), Other documents (1).
No. 32, Miscellaneous
25th May 1865
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit copies of two letters from the
Lighthouse Board suggesting that six ruby shades for Fisgard
Lighthouse be procured from England and to request that the necessary
steps may be taken for sending them to this Colony in the manner
proposed with as little delay as possible.
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I also enclose a Requisition for certain stores for the use of the
Lighthouses in this Colony with which I beg to request the Crown
Agents for the Colonies may be instructed to comply.
Minutes by CO staff
Draft.
TFE
10 July
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Edmund Hope Verney, Secretary to the Lighthouse Board, to Acting
Colonial Secretary, 15 March 1865, ordering six new ruby glass shades
for Fisgard Lighthouse, all but one shade from previous shipments
arriving broken, and detailing the manner in which the new shades should
be shipped to the colony.
Detailed measurements for the shades including sketch of the
required angles, with explanation, signed by Verney, 26 August 1863.
Verney to Acting Colonial Secretary, 20 April 1865, amending his
previous direction and recommending
that the measurement for the "arc of the horizon shaded red at
Fisgard Lighthouse be for the assistance of navigation in Esquimalt
Harbour reduced to 126o."
Wakeford to Crown Agents, 28 May 1865, forwarding list of
supplies required for use in the lighthouses of Vancouver Island.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to James Booth, Board of Trade, 15 July 1865, forwarding
copy of the despatch and enclosures and asking that the necessary
supplies be forwarded to the colony.