Colonial Despatches
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Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to
Douglas, Sir James 9 February 1862, NAC :, 14.
Abstract
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to
Douglas, Sir James 9 February 1862, NAC :, 14.
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
No. 100
9 February 1862
I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter from Mr.
Robert Holloway dated New Westminster, 30th of November, and to request
that you will furnish me with a report upon the allegations contained in
it.
You will also acquaint the Writer, by my desire,that
that established
rules require that representations to the Secretary of State should be
forwarded through the Governor, and that if he had taken this course I
should have been in a position by this time to give a decision on his
case but that as he has sent his letter direct without affording an
opportunity for the Governor to add any requisite explanation, it has
become necessaryto
to refer his letter back to the Colony for report.
that established
rules require that representations to the Secretary of State should be
forwarded through the Governor, and that if he had taken this course I
should have been in a position by this time to give a decision on his
case but that as he has sent his letter direct without affording an
opportunity for the Governor to add any requisite explanation, it has
become necessaryto
to refer his letter back to the Colony for report.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Holloway to Newcastle, 30 November 1861, with complaints on the loss of his land, due to a missed payment, in New Westminster.