Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 14 May 1868, CO 60:32, no. 6955, 405.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 14 May 1868, CO 60:32, no. 6955, 405.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
No. 46
New Westminster
14 May 1868
My Lord Duke,
I have the honor to forward an authenticated and two plain
copies of an Ordinance of the recent Session of the Legislature
of this Colony entitled:
No 1. An Ordinance to establish a Standard of Weightsand
and Measures.
and Measures.
2. I add the report of the Attorney General.
3. This Ordinance was brought before the Legislative Council in
order to carry out the instructions conveyed in Your Graces
despatch No 56 of the 10 September 1867.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
Ordinance to establish a Standard of Weights & Measures.
Ordinance to establish a Standard of Weights & Measures.
The Ordinance of 1867 (which was open to several objections
which were pointed out in the Despatch of Sept 1867) is
repealed and the amendments suggested have been made.
Sanction.
HTH
2/7
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Three printed copies of ordinance not on microfilm.
H.P.P. Crease, Attorney General, to Seymour, 4 May 1868,
reporting on the ordinance as per despatch.
Other documents included in the file
