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Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 20 February 1866, CO 398:2, 400.

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Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 20 February 1866, CO 398:2, 400.
Despatch from London.
No. 8
20th February 1866
Sir,
With reference to your Despatch No. 122 of the 18th of November last, I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the War Office conveying the sanction of that Department for the retention on the usual terms of the Arms and Accoutrements left in British Columbia on the withdrawal of the Detachment of Royal Engineers.
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You will observe that it is proposed to charge the Colony half the original value of the Accoutrements at the rates specified, and that it is the desire of the Secretary of State for War to be furnished with a complete List of the Military Stores in the possession of the Colonial Authorities being the property of the Imperial Government.
I have etc
E. Cardwell
The Officer Administering the Government
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Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 20 February 1866, CO 398:2, 400. 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/B667008.html.

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