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 22 January 1859, LAC :, 36.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton approves of Douglas’s report on gold mining activity in British Columbia and road construction. He supports the proposed road from Harrison River to “a point of Fraser’s River” but advises Douglas that funds will be drawn locally and not from Imperial coffers.
No. 7
Downing Street
22 January 1859
Sir,
I have received and perused with much interest your despatch No
30 of the 9th of November last containing the latest accounts from
the Gold Mines in British Columbia and reporting the progress made in the construction of Roads.
In conveying to you my cordial approval of the construction of the
route by Harrisons River to a point of Frasers River at an expenditure
of Ten thousand pounds (£10,000), You will bear in mind that I look to the payment
of all expenses connected with it out of local, and not from Imperial funds.