Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 5 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 537, 368.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges the receipt of the Queen’s Commission appointing him Governor of British Columbia and the corresponding instructions for the administration of colony.
The minutes “Put by” and print for parliament.
No. 18
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
Despatch No 1 of the 2nd Septr
1 transmitting to me the Queens Commission under the Great Seal, constituting and
appointing me to be Governor and Commander in Chief in and
over the Colony of British Columbia, and itsdependencies
dependencies,
with instructions under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet
for my general guidance in the administration of the
Government of the Colony, and I have to beg that you will
lay before Her Majesty my humble thanks for this
distinguished mark of confidence.2
dependencies,
with instructions under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet
for my general guidance in the administration of the
Government of the Colony, and I have to beg that you will
lay before Her Majesty my humble thanks for this
distinguished mark of confidence.2
2. I enter upon the office with diffidence, and with
a deep sense of my own deficiencies; but with a humble
dependence on Divine help, and a firm determination to
exert every faculty in the service of my Queen and Country.
Footnotes
- = Lytton to Douglas, No. 1, CO 398/1, p. 53, 2 September 1858.
- = Commission and Instructions The Commission and Instuctions were dated 2 September 1858. For an explanation of the delay, see footnote in Douglas to Lytton 12722, CO 60/1, p. 237.