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Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 January 1859, CO 60:4, no. 2732, 57.

Abstract
Despatch to London. Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges receipt of a despatch in which the Colonial Office informed him of the “Austria” disaster and thanks the CO for providing Brew a £100 reimbursement for his losses.
The minutes “Put by.”
No. 71
Victoria, Vancouver's Island
12 January 1859
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Despatch of the 11th November 1858 No 38 upon the subject of the escape of Mr Brew, Chief Commissioner of Police in British Columbia, from the steamer "Austria" destroyed by fire on the voyage to New York.
IManuscript image2. I have informed Mr Brew of the kind sympathy you have manifested at the disasters which befel him, and it has given me sincere satisfaction to communicate to him the considerate act on the part of Her Majesty's Government in granting him the sum of one hundred pounds (£100) to re-imburse him for the losses he has sustained.
I have etc.
James Douglas
Governor
Minutes by CO staff
Manuscript image
Put by.
ABd 15/3
At once.
HM Mh 15
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 January 1859, CO 60:4, no. 2732, 57. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B59071.html.

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