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 11 February 1859, LAC :, 107.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton acknowledges Douglas’s Act of Parliament creating the government of British Columbia and informs Douglas that he has notified the HBC of the “Revocation” of their exclusive trading licence
with First Nations of BC.
No. 21
Downing Street
11 February 1859
Sir,
I have had the honor to receive your despatch of the 27th November
last No 34 reporting the Proclamation of the Act of Parliament
providing for the Government of British Columbia, and the installation
of the Public officers. I approve the steps which you have taken for this purpose.
I have communicated to the Hudsons Bay Companythe
the fact, which you
also announce, of the promulgation of the Revocation, on the 3d of
November last, of the License to the Company for exclusive trading with
the Indians, in so far as the same applies to the territories comprised
in British Columbia.
the fact, which you
also announce, of the promulgation of the Revocation, on the 3d of
November last, of the License to the Company for exclusive trading with
the Indians, in so far as the same applies to the territories comprised
in British Columbia.