Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Hills, George to Merivale, Herman 15 April 1859, CO 60:6, no. 4876, 401.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (1).
The Bishop of Columbia thanks the Colonial Office for putting a misunderstanding revolving around the licensing
of Reverend Crickmer “upon a proper footing.”
The minutes forward to Douglas with “nothing more to add.”
Bishop of Columbia to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
April 15 1859
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge your letter of the 9th and enclosing a
copy of a correspondence between the Colonial Department, the
Governor of B Columbia and the Bishop of London respecting an
appointment 
made by Governor Douglas under a misapprehension of the
nature of a License held from the Bp of London by the Rev. W.B.
Crickmer a Missionary of the Colonial Ch & School Society; and I have
to express my thanks 
for the trouble taken by the Colonial Office in
placing the matter upon a proper footing.
made by Governor Douglas under a misapprehension of the
nature of a License held from the Bp of London by the Rev. W.B.
Crickmer a Missionary of the Colonial Ch & School Society; and I have
to express my thanks 
for the trouble taken by the Colonial Office in
placing the matter upon a proper footing.
Herman Merivale Esqre
Minutes by CO staff
Lord Carnarvon
Will it not be enough if we send the Govr copies of the Bishop of London's & the Bishop of Columbia's Letters saying that we have nothing more to add to the desph already addressed to him on this subject.
Will it not be enough if we send the Govr copies of the Bishop of London's & the Bishop of Columbia's Letters saying that we have nothing more to add to the desph already addressed to him on this subject.