Smith to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
Bank of British Columbia
80 Lombard Street, E.C.
London
26 November 1862
Referring to your esteemed favor of the 15th Inst, May I enquire if the law on the subject of the Loan of £50,000 received from British Columbia has been confirmed.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obt Servt
J. Whittet Smith
Acting Manager
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
The Act has been confirmed & the Agents have been directed to prepare the Debentures & to place themselves in communication with the Bank. Inform Mr Smith?
VJ 27 Nov
At once.
FR 27/11
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Draft, Rogers to Smith, 29 November 1862, advising that the ordinance had received royal approval and the Agents General had been instructed to prepare the debentures and to communicate same to the Bank of British Columbia.
Smith, J. Whittet to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 26 November 1862, CO 60:14, no. 11545, 117. 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/B625MI10.html.

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