Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Carnarvon, Earl to Kennedy, Arthur 22 August 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 440.
Abstract
Carnarvon, Earl to Kennedy, Arthur 22 August 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 440.
Despatch from London.
No. 7
22 August 1866
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 43
dated the 10th June last, enclosing a Memorial addressed to my
Predecessor by the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island praying that
certain clausesin
in British Columbia Customs Duties Ordinance No. 3 of
1865 may be disallowed by Her Majesty's Government.
in British Columbia Customs Duties Ordinance No. 3 of
1865 may be disallowed by Her Majesty's Government.
I have to request you to inform the Memorialists that the Governor
of British Columbia has been apprised by a recent despatch that Her
Majesty will not be advised to confirm the Ordinance No. 3 of the 1865
in its present form; although the matter will cease to be of importance
to the inhabitants of Victoria when the Island and the Mainland form
part of thesame
same Colony.
same Colony.