Colonial Despatches

Alex Arthur and Company were commission merchants and forwarding agents located on 135 Buchanan Street, Glasgow.1 In this despatch, the company requests information regarding the Hudson's Bay Company and the rules concerning trade in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.2

• 1. William Mackenzie, Post-Office: Glasgow Directory, 1858-1859, p.43-44.
• 2. Alex Arthur and Company to Lytton, 10 August 1858, CO 6/26, 8016, p.293.