No. 118
16th October 1865
Sir,
I have the honor to forward a requisition from the Harbour Master for a supply of Colza Oil, required for the Light Ship about to be placed at the Entrance oftheManuscript image the Fraser River; and to request that you will be good enough to instruct the Agents General to procure the Article in question and to ship it to this Colony in the manner suggested by the Harbour Master.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Arthur N. Birch
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
Authorize the Agents to supply the oil?
VJ 3 Jan
Draft.
TFE 4/1
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Elliot to Crown Agents, 12 January 1866, authorizing compliance with the requisition.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 16 October 1865, CO 60:22, no. 98, 426. 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/B65118.html.

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