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Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 21 December 1866, CO 60:25, no. 1929, 279.

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Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 21 December 1866, CO 60:25, no. 1929, 279.
Despatch to London. Minutes (2).
No. 4
21st December 1866
My Lord,
I have had the honor to receive Your Lordship's despatch No. 15 of the 31st Octr placing on record some of the motives by which Her Majesty's Government were actuated in effecting thecompleteManuscript image complete Union of Vancouver Island with British Columbia.
2. I have forwarded a copy of Your Lordships despatch to the late Speaker of the House of Assembly and have caused it to be inserted in the Gazette. I consider it calculated to effect much good in calming local irritation. Vancouver Island is now in a state of great depression but I believe that most persons are sanguine as to the future of the UnitedColonyManuscript image Colony.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Frederick Seymour
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
Put by.
ABd 26 Feb
TFE 26/2
CBA 27/2
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It will have probably to be printed with the other papers.
C 28 Feby
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 21 December 1866, CO 60:25, no. 1929, 279. 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/B66204.html.

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