Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Fitzwilliam, Charles William to
Grenville, Richard 21 May 1867, CO 60:30, no. 5036, 315.
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Fitzwilliam, Charles William to
Grenville, Richard 21 May 1867, CO 60:30, no. 5036, 315.
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Fitzwilliam to Buckingham
The Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company Limited
No 85, Gresham Street, E.C.
London
May 21st 1867
No 85, Gresham Street, E.C.
London
My Lord Duke,
A Memorial signed by the Holders of British Columbia Bonds and
representatives of Commercial, Banking, Landed and other Interests
in the Colony of British Columbia has been shown to the Directors
of this Company, in which reasons are assigned by the Memoralists for
retaining Victoria as the seat of Government, and they have been informed
that the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the
Governor and Directors of the Banks of British Columbia and British
North America have also addressed your Grace upon the subject.
Having expended a great amount of Capital
in Vancouver Island,
having considerable business transactions with the Bankers and Merchants
of Victoria and being deeply interested in the future prosperity of the
Colony, the Directors of this Company beg to express their concurrence
in that portion of the Memorial where it is suggested to your Grace
that Victoria should be selected as the future seat of the Government.
in Vancouver Island,
having considerable business transactions with the Bankers and Merchants
of Victoria and being deeply interested in the future prosperity of the
Colony, the Directors of this Company beg to express their concurrence
in that portion of the Memorial where it is suggested to your Grace
that Victoria should be selected as the future seat of the Government.
