Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to
Douglas, Sir James 29 October 1858, LAC :, 287.
No. 31
Downing Street
29 October 1858
Sir
I have to acquaint you that I have appointed Captain Gosset R.E.
who has recently held the office of Surveyor General of Ceylon, to be
Treasurer of British Columbia.
I annex for your information and guidance a copy of the letter in
which I have notified to Captain Gosset the terms of his
appointment.
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I have not been ableto
to obtain the Queen's signature to the Warrant
for this appointment in time to forward it to you by the present mail
but it shall be transmitted by the first opportunity and I have to
instruct you in the meantime on the authority of this Despatch to
appoint Captain Gosset to the office of Treasurer and to recognise him
in that capacity on his arrival in the Colony.
to obtain the Queen's signature to the Warrant
for this appointment in time to forward it to you by the present mail
but it shall be transmitted by the first opportunity and I have to
instruct you in the meantime on the authority of this Despatch to
appoint Captain Gosset to the office of Treasurer and to recognise him
in that capacity on his arrival in the Colony.
Footnotes
- = Gosset Carnarvon to Gosset, 11 October 1858, Great Britain, Colonial Office, Despatches to British Columbia, C AB 10.2 1, PABC.