No. 75
Downing Street,
3 June 1859
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No 136, of the 12th April last, containing further reports on the general state of British Columbia and forwarding for my inspection a nugget of Gold which had been recently found at Bridge River.
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I beg to thank you for your attention in sending me this interesting specimen of the metallic produce, of the new Colony.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Carnarvon
in the absence of Sir E.B. Lytton
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Sir James 3 June 1859, LAC :, 128. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B597075.html.

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