Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Carnarvon, Earl 20 April 1867, CO 60:28, no. 5798, 99.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Carnarvon, Earl 20 April 1867, CO 60:28, no. 5798, 99.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
No. 68
20th April 1867
My Lord,
I have had the honor to receive Your Lordship's despatch
No. 16 of the 16th of February, on the subject of the sale
of Spirituous liquors to the Indians in VancouverIsland
Island.
Island.
2. I have much pleasure in informing you that without
making the matter a Government question, I have succeeded in
extending the Indian liquor law of the Mainland over the whole
Colony of British Columbia.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
The extending the Indian Liquor Law to all B. Columbia—that is including Vancouvers Island and the mainland. Law is satisfactory—& has been accomplished in a satisfactory manner.
The extending the Indian Liquor Law to all B. Columbia—that is including Vancouvers Island and the mainland. Law is satisfactory—& has been accomplished in a satisfactory manner.
I suppose the Hudson Bay Company
should be informed
of the fact. See end of your minute on 12130.
should be informed
of the fact. See end of your minute on 12130.
CC
18 June
Other documents included in the file
Adderley to Sir Edmund Head, Hudson's Bay Company, 25 June 1867,
advising that the British Columbia Indian liquor law had been
extended to include Vancouver Island.