Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 1 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 9092, 427.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 1 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 9092, 427.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (5), Other documents (1).
No. 52
Victoria
1st June 1868
My Lord Duke,
In obedience to the instructions conveyed in Your Grace's
despatch No. 16 of 2nd March 1868, I have the honor to
forward the Deed by which the Hudson's Bay Company reconveyed
Vancouver Island to theCrown.
Crown.
Crown.
I add copies of Minutes which have passed between the Colonial
Secretary and Attorney General on the subject.
3. I shall, as suggested by Your Grace, bring the matter before
the Legislative Council at its next Session.
Minutes by CO staff
This is the deed of
reconveyance. Are both to go to Record Office.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Deed of reconveyance not on microfilm.
W.A.G. Young, Colonial Secretary, to H.P.P. Crease, Attorney
General, 6 May 1868, advising the Secretary of State wishes that the
original deed of reconveyance be forwarded to London and an
attested copy retained in the colony.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Keeper of the Records, 27 August 1868, Record Office, transmitting
for storage in the Archives the original deed granting Vancouver
Island to the Hudsons Bay Company and the deed by which the
company reconveyed it to the Crown.