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. 539, 372.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1).
The minutes “Put by.”
No. 20
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
despatch No 15, of the 2nd
September,
1
apprizing me of
the appointment of Mr James Cooper, to the office of
Harbour Master of Esquimalt, at a Salary of £400 per
annum, to be defrayed out of the local revenues of
British Columbia, and that for reasons stated you hadleft
left it to me to issue his Commission in such style as
I should think proper. I have to assure you in reply
that your instructions on that head will meet with
every attention and be fully carried into effect.
left it to me to issue his Commission in such style as
I should think proper. I have to assure you in reply
that your instructions on that head will meet with
every attention and be fully carried into effect.
Minutes by CO staff
Footnotes
- = Lytton to Douglas No. 15, CO 398/1, p. 69, 1 September 1858. For information about Cooper, see entry in Appendix A.