Office of Committee of
Privy Council for Trade
Whitehall
21 May 1862
I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade to transmit to you the enclosed communication which
has been addressed to this Board by Mr Brown of Sydney New South Wales and I am to state that the Writer has been informed
that his enquiry has been handed on to your Department.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
A. Brown to Board of Trade, 21 March 1862, asking what progress had been made in the establishment of a rail or other
communication from Canada to British Columbia, and when such service might commence.
Minutes by CO staff
No real progress: only schemes propounded. No attempts at a
rail.