Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 1 November 1859, CO 60:5, no. 10915, 410.
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Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 1 November 1859, CO 60:5, no. 10915, 410.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (3), Other documents (1).
Romaine to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Admiralty
1 November 1859
Sir
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to send you herewith, for the information of
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy
of a Letter from Rear Admiral Baynes, dated the 15th
Augt No 114, with Copies of its enclosures, relative
to the existence of Coal on the Shores of Burrard's Inlet
in British Columbia.
Minutes by CO staff
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Merivale to Emigration Commissioners, 11 November 1859, forwarding copy of the letter and enclosures and suggesting that the
information be published in the next colonization circular.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
R.L. Baynes to Secretary of the Admiralty, 15 August 1859,
concerning coal found in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia.
Captain G.H. Richards,
Plumper, to Baynes, 24 June 1859, advising of the discovery and
trial burning of coal at Burrard Inlet.
Charles B. Wood, Surgeon,
Plumper, to Richards, 14 June 1859, short statement of observations
on the discovery of coal at Burrard Inlet.
People in this document
Baynes, Rear Admiral Robert Lambert
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes