I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches,
of the numbers and dates noted in the margin.
Originals No. 6, 31 January, and No. 7, 16 February; No. 12,
12 March, to No. 18, 12 April 1866.
Separate 31 March 1866.
Duplicates No. 8 to No. 10.
(Original despatches supposed to
have been lost in wreck of "Labouchere".)
I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant Arthur N. Birch
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 1 June 1866, CO 60:24, no. 6772, 295. 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/B66043SP.html.
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