Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 31 May 1866, NAC :, 212.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 31 May 1866, NAC :, 212.
Despatch from London.
Other documents (3).
No. 31
31 May 1866
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge your Despatch No. 15 of the 3rd of
March, relative to Mr. Waddington's application for certain concessions
in order to promote his projected construction of a Road from Bute Inlet
to the interior of the Colony.
I find no reasonto
to dissent from the judgment formed on this
subject by you with the advice of your Executive Council, and I enclose,
for your information, a copy of a letter which I have caused to be
addressed on the subject to Mr. Waddingtons Agent in this Country.
to dissent from the judgment formed on this
subject by you with the advice of your Executive Council, and I enclose,
for your information, a copy of a letter which I have caused to be
addressed on the subject to Mr. Waddingtons Agent in this Country.
The Officer Administering the Government
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Elliot to Churchill, 21 May 1866, reporting that Cardwell will not "assent" to granting land to Waddington for his Bute Inlet road but "finds no reason to interfere with the judgement formed by the local authorities."
Copy, Elliot to Churchill, 31 May 1866, concerning the Bute Inlet road and reporting that Cardwell has "no reason to doubt that the view adopted by the Acting Governor and his Advisers
on the original proposal upon the subject was just and reasonable."