No. 66
1 February 1861
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches marked Separate of the 9th and the 25th of October last giving an account of your recent journey through B. Columbia.
I have also received your Despatch No. 95 of the 9thofManuscript image of November enclosing a Report by Dr Forbes of H.M. Ship "Topaze" of the proceedings of the Exploring Party under his charge.
I have perused these Reports with much satisfaction as containing interesting information on the advance the Colony has made, and as showing, so far as can at presentbeManuscript image be ascertained, the Agricultural and Mineral Resources of the Country.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant,
Newcastle
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 1 February 1861, LAC :, 385. 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/B617066.html.

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