No. 16
Downing Street
6 April 1860
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 18 of the 7th of February and to acquaint you that I am in communication with the Hudsons Bay Company on the subject of their claim to the lands and buildings in their occupation in British Columbia, and I trust that it will soon be in my power toManuscript imageto inform you of the decision which shall be arrived at on this question.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Obedient Servant
Newcastle
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 6 April 1860, 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/B607016.html.

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