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 28 December 1858, CO 60:1, no. 2137, 553.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges the receipt of a despatch announcing “the munificent endowment offered
by Miss Burdett Coutts.” He will publish it “for the information of the public.”
The minutes make a copy for Burdett-Coutts and print for Parliament.
No. 58
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No
32 of the 19th of October last, enclosing a letter from the
Archbishop of Canterbury, announcing to you the munificent endowment
offered by Miss Burdett Coutts, together with your admirable reply
thereto, whichI
I shall take the liberty of publishing in this country,
as it refers to a matter of general interest, for the information of
the
public.
1
I shall take the liberty of publishing in this country,
as it refers to a matter of general interest, for the information of
the
public.
1
A more acceptable gift than this munificent donation, or one
calculated to defuse a greater amount of public good, could hardly have
been devised and I beg on behalf of the Colony to offer most grateful
thanks to the generous lady whose name and beneficence will be
commemorated in the records of the country.
I
Minutes by CO staff
Yes. Print for Parlt.
Footnotes
- = Burdett Coutts endowment. See Lytton to Douglas, 19 October 1858, CO 398/1, p. 136. Cf. footnote on Douglas to Stanley, 19 August 1858, 10342, CO 60/1, p. 86. Did Douglas publish?? Douglas actually related to Burdett Coutts.