No. 1
1 January 1863
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 45 of the 4th of November and to express my entire approval of the Circular which you addressed to the Assistant Gold Commissioners of British Columbia prohibiting them from entering into miningspeculationsManuscript image speculations on their personal accounts.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your Obedient Servant
Newcastle
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 1 January 1863, NAC :, 296. 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/B637001.html.

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