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 26 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 1047, 431.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges the receipt of a memorandum by Captain Sinclair “containing suggestions on various subjects connected with the Colony of British Columbia.”
The minutes “Put by.”
No. 31[b]
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, marked
private of the 1st September
last,
1
enclosing a copy of a memorandum drawn up by Captain R.B. Sinclair
containing suggestions on various subjects connected with
the Colony of
British Columbia—and I shall not fail to give them, especially to the
marginal notes, which probably express the views of H.M. Government, my
serious consideration.
the Colony of
British Columbia—and I shall not fail to give them, especially to the
marginal notes, which probably express the views of H.M. Government, my
serious consideration.
Footnotes
- = Lytton to Douglas, 1 September 1858, Private, CO 398/1, p. 90, Sinclair Sinclair Memo. Sinclair Sinclair's memorandum, which is undated, is in 8617, CO 6/29, p. 265.