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 23 February 1859, LAC :, 140.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton provides Douglas with a seal for the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Columbia, a seal for the Attorney General, and six seals for Officers of Customs. The public
seal is yet in progress due to the “long illness and death of the Queen’s engraver.”
No. 26
Downing Street,
23 February 1859
Sir,
Adverting to your Despatch, No 8, of the 27th of October
last, I transmit to you the following Seals, viz:
1. One Seal for the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British
Columbia.
2. One Seal for the Attorney General.
3. And Six Seals for Officers of Customs.
The
The Cost of these Seals with Appurtenances amounts to Twenty Three
Pounds, Sixteen Shillings and Six Pence (£23.16s.6d), to repay
which you will remit a like Sum to the Chief Clerk of this Office.
I have not lost sight of the Public Seal for the Colony of British
Columbia, the completion of which has been unavoidably retarded by the
long illness and death of the Queen's Engraver.