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Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 June 1859, CO 60:4, no. 7334, 431.

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Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 June 1859, CO 60:4, no. 7334, 431.
Despatch to London. Minutes (1).
No. 163
Government House Victoria
Vancouvers Island
4 June 1859
Sir
I have duly received your Despatch No 29 of the 10th March informing me of the appointment of Mr George Cary as Attorney General in British Columbia.
2. I have to inform you in reference thereto that Mr Cary arrived safely in Victoria aManuscript imagea few days since.
3. I have observed with due attention that the salary of the office will be Four Hundred pounds per annum, with a contingent promise of increase, and that he will be permitted to enjoy private practise, and that should the future Legislature of the Colony consider the permission of private practice under the circumstances of the Colony, inexpedient, Her Majesty'sManuscript imageMajesty's Government will require that some addition should be made to the present Salary.
I have etc.
James Douglas
Minutes by CO staff
Manuscript image
Put by.
ABd 25 July
HM Jy 25
CF 25
N 26
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 June 1859, CO 60:4, no. 7334, 431. 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/B59163.html.

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